Psalms 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Psalms 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Psalms 62:3How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on 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 →