Psalms 38:16
14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- KJV
- For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- 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.
- DARBY
- For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.
- BLB
- For I said, “Lest they rejoice over me; in the slipping of my foot they magnify themselves against me.”
- ÅB
- For jeg sier: «De må ikke glede seg over meg;
når foten min vakler, opphøyer de seg over meg.» - OTB
- For jeg sa: "La dem ikke glede seg over meg,
De som, når min fot glir, ville opphøye seg over meg." - B1930
- For jeg sier: De vil ellers glede sig over mig; når min fot vakler, ophøier de sig over mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 94:18
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Read in contextPsalms 35:24–26
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
Read in contextPsalms 13:3–4
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
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