Salmos 38:16

16 Rogo, pois: Ouve-me, para que eles não se regozijem sobre mim e não se engrandeçam contra mim quando resvala o meu pé.

Salmos 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.

Salmos 38:16 In-Context

14 Assim eu sou como homem que não ouve, e em cuja boca há com que replicar.

15 Mas por ti, Senhor, espero; tu, Senhor meu Deus, responderás.

16 Rogo, pois: Ouve-me, para que eles não se regozijem sobre mim e não se engrandeçam contra mim quando resvala o meu pé.

17 Pois estou prestes a tropeçar; a minha dor está sempre comigo.

18 Confesso a minha iniqüidade; entristeço-me por causa do meu pecado.