Ps.38.12

My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin.

Ps.38.12

Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.

Ps.38.12

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.

Ps.38.12

Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps for me; they make plans to ruin me. They think up treacherous deeds all day long.

Ps.38.13

But I'm deaf and mute to it all, ears shut, mouth shut.

Ps.38.13

I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;

Ps.38.13

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

Ps.38.13

But I am deaf to all their threats. I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.

Ps.38.14

I don't hear a word they say, don't speak a word in response.

Ps.38.14

I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

Ps.38.14

Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.

Ps.38.14

I choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply.

Ps.38.15

What I do, GOD, is wait for you, wait for my Lord, my God--you will answer!

Ps.38.15

I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

Ps.38.15

For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.

Ps.38.15

For I am waiting for you, O LORD. You must answer for me, O Lord my God.

Ps.38.16

I wait and pray so they won't laugh me off, won't smugly strut off when I stumble.

Ps.38.16

For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

Ps.38.16

For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me."

Ps.38.16

I prayed, "Don't let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall."

Ps.38.17

I'm on the edge of losing it--the pain in my gut keeps burning.

Ps.38.17

For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Ps.38.17

For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

Ps.38.17

I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain.

Ps.38.18

I'm ready to tell my story of failure, I'm no longer smug in my sin.

Ps.38.18

I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

Ps.38.18

For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.

Ps.38.18

But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.

Ps.38.19

My enemies are alive and in action, a lynch mob after my neck.

Ps.38.19

Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

Ps.38.19

But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

Ps.38.19

My enemies are many; they hate me though I have done nothing against them.

Ps.38.20

I give out good and get back evil from God--haters who can't stand a God--lover.

Ps.38.20

Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.

Ps.38.20

Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

Ps.38.20

They repay me evil for good and oppose me because I stand for the right.

Ps.38.21

Don't dump me, GOD; my God, don't stand me up.

Ps.38.21

O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.

Ps.38.21

Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me!

Ps.38.21

Do not abandon me, LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God.

Ps.38.22

Hurry and help me; I want some wide-open space in my life!

Ps.38.22

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Ps.38.22

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

Ps.38.22

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.