Psalms 38:13
O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: 1 Attend to my tears: be not silent, 1 For I am a sojourner in the land, 1 And a stranger, as all my fathers were. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
In Context
14Spare me, that I may be refreshed, 1 Before I depart, and be no more.
Cross References
Psalms 39:2I waited patiently for the Lord; 1 And he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication. 1
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 →