🎵WEB · Psalms 38:16
What does Psalms 38:16 mean?
"For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”"
— Psalms 38:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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