Psalms 31:13
For I have heard the whispering of many—A terror round about! When they have sat in conclave together against me, to take away my life, have they intrigued.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12I have been forgotten, like one dead—out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.
14I, therefore. in thee, have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!
Cross References
Genesis 40:23Yet the chief of the butlers made no mention of Joseph but did forget him.
1 Samuel 20:33And Saul hurled his spear at him, to smite him. So Jonathan knew that it was, determined, of his father, to put David to death.
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,—Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
2 Samuel 17:1Then said Ahithophel unto Absolom: I pray thee, let me choose for myself, twelve thousand men, and arise, and pursue David to-night;
Psalms 56:1Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:
Psalms 101:5He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.
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 →