Psalms 38:16
(38:17) For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
15(38:16) For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
17(38:18) For I am prepared for [my] downfall, and my pain is continually before me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:3(13:4) Look down, answer me, O Lord my God! enlighten my eyes, that I may not sleep the sleep of death;
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →