Psalms 38:15
וָאֱהִי כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ שֹׁמֵעַ וְאֵין בְּפִיו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
In Context
14וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח ־ פִּֽיו ׃
16כִּֽי ־ לְךָ יְהוָה הוֹחָלְתִּי אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהָֽי ׃
Cross References
Psalms 17:6אֲנִֽי ־ קְרָאתִיךָ כִֽי ־ תַעֲנֵנִי אֵל הַֽט ־ אָזְנְךָ לִי שְׁמַע אִמְרָתִֽי ׃
Psalms 123:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֵלֶיךָ נָשָׂאתִי אֶת ־ עֵינַי הַיֹּשְׁבִי בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃
Isaiah 53:7נִגַּשׂ וְהוּא נַעֲנֶה וְלֹא יִפְתַּח ־ פִּיו כַּשֶּׂה לַטֶּבַח יוּבָל וּכְרָחֵל לִפְנֵי גֹזְזֶיהָ נֶאֱלָמָה וְלֹא יִפְתַּח פִּֽיו ׃
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 →