Psalms 38:12 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The psalmist's sufferings and prayersWicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us...
Thompson Chains
- Snares LaidSee the chain from Psalms 35:7 · 8 links
- Evil SpeechSee the chain from Psalms 5:9 · 6 links
- Evil ImaginationLink 5 of 9 · next Proverbs 6:18
Cross References
- Psalms 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- 2 Samuel 16:7–8 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: …
- 2 Samuel 17:1–3 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: …
- Psalms 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Psalms 64:2–5 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: …
- Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Psalms 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Psalms 62:3–4 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. …
- Psalms 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- Luke 20:19–22 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. …
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
- Character Conspiring against saints
- Conscience For his adultery and the murder of Uriah
- Conviction Of sin
- David Repents of his crime and confesses his guilt
- Deceit Devise
- Homicide Felonious, or murder
- Psalms Penitential
- Slander Saints exposed to Slander
Hebrew and Strong’s
- They also that seek מְבַקְשֵׁי mĕbaqšê בָּקַשׁ Verb · piel active participle, masculine plural construct
- after my life נַפְשִׁי napšî נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- lay snares וַיְנַקְשׁוּ waynaqšû נָקַשׁ Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- and they that seek וְדֹרְשֵׁי wĕdōrĕšê דָּרַשׁ Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct · with and
- my hurt רָעָתִי rāʿātî רַע Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- speak דִּבְּרוּ dibbĕrû דָבַר Verb · piel perfect, third person common plural
- mischievous things הַוּוֹת hawwôt הַוָּה Noun · feminine plural
- and imagine יֶהְגּוּ yehgû הָגָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- deceits וּמִרְמוֹת ûmirmôt מִרְמָה Noun · feminine plural · with and
- all the day כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
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