Bible verse
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Psalm 38:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 38.
8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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