Psalms 38:17
כִּֽי ־ אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן ־ יִשְׂמְחוּ ־ לִי בְּמוֹט רַגְלִי עָלַי הִגְדִּֽילוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
16כִּֽי ־ לְךָ יְהוָה הוֹחָלְתִּי אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהָֽי ׃
18כִּֽי ־ אֲנִי לְצֶלַע נָכוֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִֽיד ׃
Cross References
Psalms 13:5פֶּן ־ יֹאמַר אֹיְבִי יְכָלְתִּיו צָרַי יָגִילוּ כִּי אֶמּֽוֹט ׃
Psalms 35:19אַֽל ־ יִשְׂמְחוּ ־ לִי אֹיְבַי שֶׁקֶר שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם יִקְרְצוּ ־ עָֽיִן ׃
Psalms 77:2קוֹלִי אֶל ־ אֱלֹהִים וְאֶצְעָקָה קוֹלִי אֶל ־ אֱלֹהִים וְהַאֲזִין אֵלָֽי ׃
Micah 4:6בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה אֹֽסְפָה הַצֹּלֵעָה וְהַנִּדָּחָה אֲקַבֵּצָה וַאֲשֶׁר הֲרֵעֹֽתִי ׃
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 →