Psalms 38:16
For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
15For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.
17Surely I am ready to halte, and my sorow is euer before me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:3Beholde, and heare mee, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I sleepe not in death:
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
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 →