Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
16For I have prayed, “Let them not rejoice over me; Let them not exult at the slipping of my feet!”
18For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5Yet will I trust in thy goodness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation;
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully triumph over me; Let them not wink with the eye, who hate me without cause!
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; In the night is my hand stretched forth continually; My soul refuseth to be comforted.
Micah 4:6In that day, saith Jehovah, I will gather the halting, And the far scattered I will assemble, And those whom I have afflicted.
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 →