Psalms 13:5
lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
In Context
4Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:
Cross References
Psalms 9:14Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
Psalms 32:10Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.
Psalms 33:21For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have trusted.
Psalms 38:17For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me : and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.
Psalms 51:12Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
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 →