Psalms 38:12
While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:
13But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He secretly lieth in wait, like a lion in a thicket; He lieth in wait to seize upon the helpless; He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
Psalms 35:4May they be confounded and put to shame, who seek my life; May they be turned back with disgrace, who devise my hurt!
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Psalms 62:3How long will ye continue to assault a single man? How long will ye all seek to destroy me, Like a bending wall, or a tottering fence?
Psalms 69:9For zeal for thy house consumeth me, And the reproaches of them that reproach thee fall 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 →