Psalms 38:16 · KJV
“For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me.”
— Psalms 38:16
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 {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}
Psalms 38 — Context
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs.
15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}
16For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me.
17For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Cross References
Psalms 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Deuteronomy 32:35
To me {belongeth} vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in {due} time: for the day of their calamity {is} at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Psalms 35:24-26
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Psalms 13:3-4
Consider {and} hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the {sleep of} death;