Psalm 38:16 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

For I said, Hear me, lest they should rejoice o'er me with pride; And o'er me magnify themselves, when as my foot doth slide.

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

For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me.

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

Because I prayed: “Don’t let them celebrate over me or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,”

When I had uttered this word, (my foot doth slip away,) Thy mercy held me up, O Lord, thy goodness did me stay.