Psalm 38:16
New International Version
For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

New Living Translation
I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall.”

English Standard Version
For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!”

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

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

New King James Version
For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”

New American Standard Bible
For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would exalt themselves over me.”

NASB 1995
For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

NASB 1977
For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

Legacy Standard Bible
For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me, Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.”

Amplified Bible
For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”

Christian Standard Bible
For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me — those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me— those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because I said, "Do not let them rejoice against me, and do not let them be exalted against me while my feet shake."

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

Contemporary English Version
I said, "Don't let them laugh or brag when I slip and fall."

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me : and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I said, "Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense."

Good News Translation
Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress; don't let them boast about my downfall!

International Standard Version
For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."

JPS Tanakh 1917
For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me; When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.'

Literal Standard Version
When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, | In the slipping of my foot they magnified themselves against me.”

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

New American Bible
For I have said that they would gloat over me, exult over me if I stumble.

NET Bible
I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

New Revised Standard Version
For I pray, “Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who boast against me when my foot slips.”

New Heart English Bible
For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

Webster's Bible Translation
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.”

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. 16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.” 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.…

Cross References
Job 19:5
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

Psalm 13:4
lest my enemy say, "I have overcome him," and my foes rejoice when I fall.

Psalm 35:19
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Psalm 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalm 94:18
If I say, "My foot is slipping," Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.


Treasury of Scripture

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

For I said

Psalm 13:3,4
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; …

Psalm 35:24-26
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me…

foot

Psalm 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

Deuteronomy 32:35
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

magnify

Psalm 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

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Psalm 38
1. David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case














(16) Lest.--It is better to carry on the force of the particle of condition:

For I said, Lest they should rejoice over me:

Lest, when my foot slipped, they should vaunt themselves against me.

Verse 16. - For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me; rather, for I said, I will be silent, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me. I feared lest by answering rashly or intemperately I might give my enemies occasion against me. I knew by experience that, when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. They are always on the watch to catch at any slip on my part, and make it a ground for magnifying themselves and denying me. Hence my silence.

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

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

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

gloat
יִשְׂמְחוּ־ (yiś·mə·ḥū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 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 1431: To grow up, become great

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

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

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


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