Psalms 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side,while they conspire together against me,they plot to take away my life.
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12I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.I am like broken pottery.
14But I trust in you, Lord.I said, "You are my God."
Cross References
Genesis 40:23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
1 Samuel 20:33Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
Psalms 56:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Psalms 101:5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
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 →