Psalm 38:16 “For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my fo…”

Psalm 38:16

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

American Standard Version

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.

Darby Translation

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.

Young's Literal Translation

When I said, 'Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

Bible in Basic English

I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

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Cross references

“For I said”

Psalm 35:24–26 Psalm 13:3 Psalm 13:4

Psalm 35:24–26 · BSB

Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

Psalm 13:3 · BSB

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalm 13:4 · BSB

lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

“foot”

Psalm 94:18 Deuteronomy 32:35

Psalm 94:18 · BSB

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

Deuteronomy 32:35 · BSB

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.”

“magnify”

Psalm 35:26

Psalm 35:26 · BSB

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Read Psalm 38