Psalms 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
For I said, heare me, least otherwise they should reioyce ouer me: when my foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues against me.
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- Deuteronomy 32:35Rank 1 from verse 16
35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
35To me belongeth *vengeance, and recompence, their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamitie is at hand, and the things that shal come vpon them, make haste.
- Psalms 94:18Rank 2 from verse 16
- Psalms 13:3–4Rank 3 from verse 16
3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
3Consider and heare me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleepe of death.
4Least mine enimie say, I haue preuailed against him: and those that trouble mee, reioyce, when I am moued.
- Psalms 35:24–26Rank 4 from verse 16
24Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
24Iudge me O LORD my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer me.
25†Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we haue it: let them not say, We haue swallowed him vp.
26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee cloathed with shame and dishonour, that magnifie themselues against me.
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Psalms 38:16
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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In another or different manner; in other respects or circumstances.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.
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Sense 1: The lower extremity used for standing or walking. Sense 2: A measure, base, or lowest part. Sense 3: As a verb, to tread or walk.
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Third-person singular present form of slip. Sense 1: To lose firm footing or move out of a secure place. Sense 2: Figuratively, to let something escape or pass away.
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To make great in esteem; to praise, exalt, or declare great.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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15For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
15‖‖For in thee, O LORD, doe I hope: thou wilt heare, O LORD my God.
16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
16For I said, heare me, least otherwise they should reioyce ouer me: when my foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues against me.
Selected passage17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
17†For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.