Psalms 31:13

\31:12\I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

In Context

12\31:11\Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

14\31:13\False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:23But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

1 Samuel 20:33And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.

1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

2 Samuel 17:1Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

Psalms 56:1To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.

Psalms 101:5I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →

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