Psalms 38:19
And, my foes, are alive—have become strong,—and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
In Context
18For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
20Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
Cross References
Psalms 18:17He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:
Psalms 32:5My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. [Selah.]
Psalms 56:1Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:
Psalms 69:4More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,—Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,—What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
John 15:18If, the world, is hating, you, ye are getting to know that, me, before you, it hath hated.
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 →