Psalms 38:16
Psalms 38:9-16 The Message (MSG)
Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, my groans an old story to you. My heart’s about to break; I’m a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good; old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back. My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin. But I’m deaf and mute to it all, ears shut, mouth shut. I don’t hear a word they say, don’t speak a word in response. What I do, GOD, is wait for you, wait for my Lord, my God—you will answer! I wait and pray so they won’t laugh me off, won’t smugly strut off when I stumble.
Psalms 38:16 King James Version (KJV)
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 38:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”
Psalms 38:16 New Century Version (NCV)
I said, “Don’t let them laugh at me or brag when I am defeated.”
Psalms 38:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 38:16 New International Version (NIV)
For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
Psalms 38:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
Psalms 38:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”
Psalms 38:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall.”