Psalms 31:13

I hear the whispers of many – terror on every side – scheming together against me, plotting to take my life.

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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 am clean forgotten like the dead, am become like a ruined vessel.

14But my trust is in you, Lord. “You are my God,” I say;

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Cross References

Genesis 40:23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Psalms 56:1O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing me.

Psalms 101:5Who slanders their neighbor in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.

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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