Psalms 38:12 - Exposition

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me . To the desertion of friends is added the persecution of enemies, who take advantage of the debility and prostration caused by sickness to plot against the writer's life, to "lay snares for him," and devise evil against him. Those who assign the psalm to David suppose the devices described in 2 Samuel 15:1-6 to he referred to. And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long ; literally, speak malignity ; i.e. calumniate me—bring false accusations against me.