Psalms 38:15
For in you, Lord, do I hope.You will answer, Lord my God.
New Heart 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, "Do not 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 123:1A Song of Ascents.To you I do lift up my eyes,you who sit in the heavens.
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed,yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth.As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute,so he did not 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 →