Psaume 38:16

16 Car c'est à toi, Éternel, que je m'attends; tu répondras, Seigneur, mon Dieu!

Psaume 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.

Psaume 38:16 In-Context

14 Mais moi, comme un sourd, je n'entends point; je suis comme un muet qui n'ouvre point la bouche.

15 Oui, je suis comme un homme qui n'entend point, et qui n'a point de réplique en sa bouche.

16 Car c'est à toi, Éternel, que je m'attends; tu répondras, Seigneur, mon Dieu!

17 Car j'ai dit: Qu'ils ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet! Quand mon pied glisse, ils s'élèvent contre moi.

18 Et je suis prêt à tomber, et ma douleur est toujours devant moi.