Psalms 38:16
When I said, 'Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.
17For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] before me continually.
Cross References
Psalms 13:3Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
Psalms 94:18If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
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 →