Psalm 38:15

15 Poiché, in te io spero, o Eterno; tu risponderai, o Signore, Iddio mio!

Psalm 38:15 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:15

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope
That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his hurt; that he should be delivered out of their hands, and out of all his afflictions; that he should be healed of his diseases, both of soul and body, under which he laboured; and should again enjoy the light of God's countenance, and have the discoveries of his pardoning grace and mercy; and this was the reason why he was so calm and quiet amidst the unkindnesses of his friends, and the cruel usage of his enemies;

thou wilt hear,
or "answer",

O Lord my God;
in the midst of all his distresses of body and mind, he had not given up his interest in God, as his God and Father; which is the great blessing of the covenant of grace, and which ever continues; and is the great support of believers, under whatsoever they meet with in soul and body, from friends or foes; this his God the psalmist believed would not only hear his cries in his sore distress, but hear the reproaches of his enemies, and answer them in a providential way in his own time, by terrible things in righteousness to their conviction and confusion; and therefore he himself was silent.

Psalm 38:15 In-Context

13 Ma io, come un sordo, non odo: son come un muto che non apre la bocca.

14 Son come un uomo che non ascolta, e nella cui bocca non è replica di sorta.

15 Poiché, in te io spero, o Eterno; tu risponderai, o Signore, Iddio mio!

16 Io ho detto: Non si rallegrino di me; e quando il mio piè vacilla, non s’innalzino superbi contro a me.

17 Perché io sto per cadere, e il mio dolore è del continuo davanti a me.