John Gill Commentary Psalms 38:12

"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." — Psalms 38:12 (ASV)

They also that seek after my life
His avowed and implacable enemies, whom nothing would satisfy but the taking away of his life: these came too near him; for these, he says,

lay snares [for me] ,
as Satan does for the souls of men, as the Jews did for Christ, and as wicked men do for the saints, (Psalms 124:7);

and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things ;
to the injury of his character and reputation:

and imagine deceits all the day long ;
contrive artful schemes to deceive; see (Psalms 35:20) .