Psalms 38:12

12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all 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 throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

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

12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.