Psalms 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 38:16 in other translations
| BSB | For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.” |
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| WEB | For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.” |
| ASV | For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. |
| YLT | When I said, ‘Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves. |
| DARBY | For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me. |
| BBE | I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me. |
| Webster | For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. |
What does Psalms 38:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 38:15-17
15-17. for he is confident the Lord--literally, "Sovereign" (to whom he was a servant), would answer his prayer (Psa 3:4; 4:1), and not permit their triumph in his partial halting, of which he was in danger.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 38:12-22
Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us from God and our duty. The true believer's trouble will be made useful; he will learn to wait for his God, and will not seek relief from the world or himself. The less we notice the unkindness and injuries that are done us, the…
Psalms 38:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 38:16
- 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. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
- Psalms 13:3-4
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
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Context
- Psalms 38:15
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
- Psalms 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalms 38:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque dije: Que no se alegren de mí: cuando mi pie resbalaba, sobre mí se engrandecían. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car je m’attends à toi, Éternel! Toi, tu répondras, Seigneur, mon Dieu! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ich sprach: Daß sie sich nicht über mich freuen! beim Wanken meines Fußes tun sie groß wider mich. |