The Book of Psalms, Chapter 38, Verse 16

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

King James Version

For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

American Standard Version

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

New English Translation

I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

World English Bible

For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].