Psalms 31:13

I hear many people whispering about me; terror surrounds me. They plot together against me, planning to kill me.

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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

12I have been forgotten as if I were dead; I'm ignored like a broken pot.

14But I put my trust in you, Lord, saying, “You are my God!”

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Cross References

Genesis 40:23But the chief cupbearer didn't remember to say anything about Joseph—in fact he forgot all about him.

1 Samuel 20:33Saul threw his spear at Jonathan, trying to kill him, so he knew that his father definitely wanted David dead.

1 Samuel 23:19Then the people of Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah and told him, “David is hiding in our area, in the strongholds in Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, in the southern wastelands.

2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set off in pursuit of David tonight.

Psalms 56:1God, please be gracious to me, for people are persecuting me; my attackers fight against me all day long.

Psalms 101:5I will silence anyone who secretly slanders their neighbor. I won't tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.

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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