King James Version
Psalms 38:16 in the King James Version says “For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against ...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.”
Psalms 38:16 · KJV
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. in: or, thee do I wait for hear: or, answer
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. to halt: Heb. for halting
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“over me when my foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“they magnify”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
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