Psalms 38:16
For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
World English Bible
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In Context
15For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.
17For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:3Behold, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Psalms 94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
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 →