"For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}" — Psalms 38:15

Psalms 38:15 · KJV

“For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}”

— Psalms 38:15

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs.

For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me.

Psalms 38 — Context

But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs.

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}

For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me.

For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}

Cross References

Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.

Psalms 17:6

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, {and hear} my speech.

Psalms 138:3

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, {and} strengthenedst me {with} strength in my soul.

Psalms 123:1-3

[A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.