Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to fall.My pain is continually before me.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
16For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me,or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
18For I will declare my iniquity.I will be sorry for my sin.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness.My heart rejoices in your salvation.
Psalms 35:19Do not let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;neither let those who hate me without a cause and wink their eyes.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired.My soul refused to be comforted.
Micah 4:6"In that day," says the Lord,"I will assemble that which is lame,and I will gather that which is driven away,and that which I have afflicted;
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 →