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Psalms 38:12
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Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.
Those who intend to kill me set traps,and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;they plot treachery all day long.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.
My enemies say bad things about me. They are spreading lies and rumors. They talk about me all the time.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.
My friends and companions shun my disease; even the closest keep their distance.
My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
They also that seeke after my life, lay snares for me: and they that seeke my hurt, speake mischieuous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.
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.
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.
And those seeking my life lay a snare; yea, those seeking my evil speak ruin, and they utter deceits all the day long.
Some people set traps to kill me. Those who want to hurt me plan trouble; all day long they think up lies.
Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.
Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me. Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me. All day long they plan their treachery.
Those who want to take my life set their traps. And those who want to destroy me talk about ways to do it. They make their sinful plans all day long.
Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter.
(37-13) And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.
They also that seek after my life and wish me evil lay hold on me and speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long.
Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they plot deception all day long.
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.
They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares [for me]: and they that went about to do me euyll, talked of wickednesse, and imagined deceipt all the day long.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all day long.
And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.
And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.
Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
Those also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And those that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
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.
Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
They that sought after my life, and to do me euell, spake of lyes and ymagined disceate all the daye longe.
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long.
Those who search for my life lay snares for me;And those who seek to do me evil have threatened destruction,And they meditate on deception all day long.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
lay snares: Psalms 10:9, Psalms 64:2-5, Psalms 119:110, Psalms 140:5, Psalms 141:9, 2 Samuel 17:1-3, Luke 20:19, Luke 20:20
speak: Psalms 35:20, Psalms 62:3, Psalms 62:4, 2 Samuel 16:7, 2 Samuel 16:8, Luke 20:21, Luke 20:22
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:21 - a snare 1 Samuel 24:2 - and went 1 Samuel 26:2 - Saul arose Nehemiah 6:8 - thou feignest Psalms 12:2 - They Psalms 35:4 - that Psalms 36:4 - deviseth Psalms 59:3 - they Psalms 63:9 - seek Psalms 119:95 - wicked Psalms 140:2 - imagine Jeremiah 18:22 - and hid Matthew 26:63 - Jesus Mark 12:13 - they send Luke 6:7 - watched John 8:6 - as though 1 Peter 2:23 - when he was
Cross-References
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah [in marriage], and she became his wife, and he loved her; therefore Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel [went inside the house and] stole her father's household gods.
Now at that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to [stay with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah.
Then she conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.
Then Judah told Onan, "Go in to your brother's widow, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law [under the levirate marriage custom]; [be her husband and] raise children for [the name of] your brother."
Then Judah said, "Let her keep the things (pledge articles) for herself, otherwise we will be a laughingstock [searching everywhere for her]. After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her."
But he pulled back his hand, and his brother was born first. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself [to be the firstborn]!" So he was named Perez (breach, break forth).
The border went around west from Baalah to Mount Seir, and passed along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and then continued on through Timnah.
Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah,
Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They also that seek after my life - This was a new aggravation of his affliction, that those who were his enemies now sought to accomplish their purposes against him with better hopes of success, by taking advantage of his sickness.
Lay snares for me - On the meaning of this phrase, see the notes at Psalms 9:15. The idea here is that they sought this opportunity of ensnaring or entrapping him so as to ruin him. They took advantage of the fact that he was weak and helpless, and of the fact that he was forsaken or abandoned by his friends, to accomplish his ruin. how this was done is not stated. It might have been by their coming on him when he was thus helpless; or it might have been by endeavoring in his weak condition to extort confessions or promises from him that might be turned to his ruin. An enemy may hope to succeed much better when the one opposed is sick than when he is well, and may take advantage of his weak state of body and mind, and of the fact that he seems to be forsaken by all, to accomplish what could not be done if he were in the enjoyment of health, or sustained by powerful friends, or by a public opinion in his favor.
And they that seek my hurt - They who seek to injure me.
Speak mischievous things - Slanderous words. They charge on me things that are false, and that tend to injure me. The very fact that he was thus afflicted, they might urge (in accordance with a prevailing belief, and with the conviction of the psalmist also, Psalms 38:3-5) as a proof of guilt. This was done by the three friends of Job; and the enemies of the psalmist may thus have taken advantage of his sickness to circulate false reports about him which he could not then well meet.
And imagine deceits - Imagine or feign deceitful things; things which they know to be false or unfounded.
All the day long - Constantly. They seem to have no other employment. See Psalms 35:20.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 38:12. They also that seek after my life — They act towards me as huntsmen after their prey; they lay snares to take away my life. Perhaps this means only that they wished for his death, and would have been glad to have had it in their power to end his days. Others spoke all manner of evil of him, and told falsities against him all the day long.
