Psalms 38:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Ps 13:3-4 : 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 35:24-26 : 24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 38:17
81%
17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
Ps 13:4
80%
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 35:24-27
4 verses
78%
24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Ps 18:36
78%
36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 73:2
78%
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
Ps 38:15
77%
15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
2 Sam 22:37
77%
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 35:15
77%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
Ps 94:18
77%
18When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Ps 36:11
76%
11Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Jer 20:10
76%
10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Ps 18:38
75%
38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
Ps 17:5-6
2 verses
75%
5My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
Job 19:5
75%
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;
Ps 57:6
75%
6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Ps 56:6
75%
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Ps 31:13-14
2 verses
75%
13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.
Ps 31:22
75%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Lam 1:21-22
2 verses
75%
21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ps 38:12
74%
12They 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.
Ps 59:3
74%
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Ps 49:5
74%
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
Job 30:12-13
2 verses
74%
12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
Jer 18:22
73%
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Ps 55:3
73%
3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
Ps 26:1
73%
1[ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 140:5
73%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 71:10
73%
10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Job 16:10
73%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Ps 18:18
73%
18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 116:8
73%
8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, [And] my feet from falling.
Ps 25:15
73%
15Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Ps 40:14
73%
14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
Ps 55:12
73%
12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
Job 31:29
72%
29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Ps 38:19
72%
19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Ps 118:13
72%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
2 Sam 22:19
72%
19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 142:3
72%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Ps 39:8
72%
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Ps 41:10
72%
10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
Ps 16:1
72%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.
Ps 40:12
72%
12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.