Psalms 13:4

Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

In Context

3They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.

5They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:9The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and coming together as one, they will surround us, and they will wipe our name from the earth. And what will you do concerning your great name?”

Psalms 9:19For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.

Psalms 25:2Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart.

Psalms 62:6Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 13:2-6

David's Complaints and Prayers Turned into Praises. 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall… Read the whole commentary →

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