Psalms 38:12

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

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 panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.