Psalms 38:17

For I will declare mine iniquity,.... Either to men, to ease his mind, justify God in his proceedings with him, and for their caution and admonition: or rather to God, against whom he had sinned, and…

For I am ready to halt - Margin, as in Hebrew, “for halting.” The word from which the word used here is derived means properly to lean on one side, and then to halt or limp. The meaning here is, that…

In these verses,

I. David complains of the power and malice of his enemies, who, it should seem, not only took occasion from the weakness of his body and the trouble of his mind to insult over him,…

For&c. A further argument for a speedy hearing. For the metaphor cp. Psa 35:15.

my sorrow&c. I.e. my suffering is unceasingly present with me. Cp. Psa 51:3.