Psalms 38:12
(38:13) They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
11(38:12) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
13(38:14) But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;
Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait in a secret place like a lion in his den; he lieth in wait to snatch up the poor: he snatcheth up the poor, as they draweth him into his net.
Psalms 35:4Let those be put to shame and be confounded that seek after my life: let those be turned backward and be made to blush, that devise unhappiness for me.
Psalms 41:5(41:6) My enemies speak evil of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 62:3(62:4) How long will ye devise mischief against a man? will ye all assault him murderously, as though he were a falling wall, a tottering fence?
Psalms 69:9(69:10) Because the zeal for thy house hath devoured me; and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:2-12
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 O Lord , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7… Read the whole commentary →