Psalms 13:4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God,—Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death:
5But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation:
Cross References
Joshua 7:9Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth,—what then wilt thou do for thy great name?
Psalms 9:19Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
Psalms 55:22Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.
Psalms 62:6Surely, he, is my rock, and my salvation, My high tower—I shall not be shaken!
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 →