Psalms 38:12

12 Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

Psalms 38:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:12

They also that seek after my life
His avowed and implacable enemies, whom nothing would satisfy but the taking away of his life: these came too near him; for these, he says,

lay snares [for me],
as Satan does for the souls of men, as the Jews did for Christ, and as wicked men do for the saints, ( Psalms 124:7 ) ;

and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things;
to the injury of his character and reputation:

and imagine deceits all the day long;
contrive artful schemes to deceive; see ( Psalms 35:20 ) .

Psalms 38:12 In-Context

10 My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me.

11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off.

12 Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

13 But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

14 And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.