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Psalm 38:16

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38:16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me;25

when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.26

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Footnotes

  1. 25 Heb “For I said, ‘Lest they rejoice over me.’ ” The psalmist recalls the motivating argument of his petition. He probably prefaced this statement with a prayer for deliverance (see Pss 7:1–2; 13:3–4; 28:1).
  2. 26 Heb “they will magnify against me.” See Pss 35:26; 55:13.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,

who boast against me when my foot slips!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For I said, “Do not let them gloat

or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—

those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me

or rejoice at my downfall.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I said, “Help, lest they rejoice over me,

lest they boast against me when my foot slips.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:

When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.