Psalms 38:12
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
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In Context
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
13But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
Psalms 10:9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
Psalms 35:4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonour. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Psalms 62:3How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Psalms 69:9For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach 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 →