Psalm 38:12
“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.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 38Meaning
Those seeking the speaker’s life set traps and speak destructive deceit, adding hostile pressure to suffering.
Longing, isolation, and restrained speech
Verses 9–14 place desire and groaning before God while friends stand far off and enemies plot; the sufferer refuses to answer in kind.
Read carefully
Those seeking the speaker’s life set traps and speak destructive deceit, adding hostile pressure to suffering.
Reflection
Those seeking the speaker’s life set traps and speak destructive deceit, adding hostile pressure to suffering.