Psalms 38:12

12 My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin.

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's about to break; I'm a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good;

11 old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back.

12 My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin.

13 But I'm deaf and mute to it all, ears shut, mouth shut.

14 I don't hear a word they say, don't speak a word in response.