Psalm 38:16 {37:17}
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For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.

For I said

Psalm 13:3,4 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? . . .

Psalm 35:24-26 Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them not rejoice over me. . . .

foot

Psalm 94:18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

Deuteronomy 32:35 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

magnify

Psalm 35:26 Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.

Context
Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
15For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God. 16For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.17For I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is continually before me.…
Cross References
Job 19:5
But you set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

Psalm 13:4
Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death:

Psalm 35:19
Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.

Psalm 35:26
Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.

Psalm 94:18
If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I said,
אָ֭מַרְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Let them not
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

gloat
יִשְׂמְחוּ־ (yiś·mə·ḥū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

over me—
לִ֑י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

those who taunt
הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃ (hiḡ·dî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1431: To grow up, become great

me
עָלַ֥י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

when my foot
רַ֝גְלִ֗י (raḡ·lî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

slips.”
בְּמ֥וֹט (bə·mō·wṭ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall


Additional Translations
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

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

For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

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

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

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

For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

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