Psalmen 38:16

16 Want op U, HEERE! hoop ik; Gij zult verhoren, HEERE, mijn God!

Psalmen 38:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:16

For I said, [hear me]
This he had expressed in prayer to God; he had committed his cause to him, and entreated him that he would hear and answer him; giving this as a reason,

lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me;
at his misfortunes and calamities, at the continuance of his trouble and distress, both of body and mind;

when my foot slippeth;
as it sometimes did through the corruptions of nature, the temptations of Satan, and the snares of the world; which is more or less the case of all the people of God, who are all subject to slips and falls, though they shall not finally and totally fall away;

they magnify [themselves] against me;
that is, his enemies exulted and triumphed over him: this was what he found by experience; and therefore makes use of it as an argument with God, that he would hear and answer and deliver him out of his trouble, and preserve him from falling.

Psalmen 38:16 In-Context

14 Ik daarentegen ben als een dove, ik hoor niet, en als een stomme, die zijn mond niet opendoet.

15 Ja, ik ben als een man, die niet hoort, en in wiens mond geen tegenredenen zijn.

16 Want op U, HEERE! hoop ik; Gij zult verhoren, HEERE, mijn God!

17 Want ik zeide: Dat zij zich toch over mij niet verblijden! Wanneer mijn voet zou wankelen, zo zouden zij zich tegen mij groot maken.

18 Want ik ben tot hinken gereed, en mijn smart is steeds voor mij.