Psalms 38:15
For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
In Context
14Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
Cross References
Psalms 17:6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.
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 →