Psalm 38:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² And those seeking my life lay a snare; And those seeking my evil have spoken of destruction, And utter deceit all day long.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

Common English Bible

¹² Those who want me dead lay traps; those who want me harmed utter threats, muttering lies all day long.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.

Psalm 38:12 Cross References

Job 19:13

He has removed my brothers far away from me, and my friends are completely estranged from me.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.

Psalm 119:110

The wrong have laid a snare for me, But I have not strayed from Your orders.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

Psalm 141:9

Guard me from the clutches Of the trap they have laid for me, And from the snares Of the workers of wickedness.

Psalm 31:12

I have been forgotten like someone dead from the heart; I have been like a missing vessel.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, But they devise words of deceit Against the peaceable ones of the land.

Psalm 35:4

Let those be ashamed and blush Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and abashed Who plot evil to me.

Psalm 41:5

My enemies speak evil of me, “When he dies his name shall perish.”

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen up against me, And cruel men have sought after my life; They have not set Elohim before them. Selah.

Psalm 69:9

Because ardour for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Psalm 88:9

My eye grows dim because of affliction. יהוה, I have called upon You, all day long; I have stretched out my hands to You.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of the poor shall hate him; How much more shall his friends go far from him! He pursues promises – they are gone!.