Psalms 31:13

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

Young's Literal Translation

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 dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

14And I on Thee — I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my God.'

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Cross References

Genesis 40:23and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.

1 Samuel 20:33And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.

1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?

2 Samuel 17:1And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

Psalms 56:1To the Overseer. — 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' — A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

Psalms 101:5Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

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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