Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation:
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
Micah 4:6In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away, and her that 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 →