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Psalms 13:4

Shame

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;

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 rejoice in thy salvation.

6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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BSB
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
KJV
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
WEB
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
ASV
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
DARBY
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! [lest] mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.
BLB
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him.” My adversaries rejoice because I am shaken.
ÅB
for at ikke fienden min skal si: «Jeg fikk overhånd over ham»,
for at ikke mine motstandere skal fryde seg når jeg vakler!
OTB
Og min fiende vil si, “Jeg har seiret over ham,”
Og mine motstandere vil glede seg når jeg er urolig.
B1930
forat ikke min fiende skal si: Jeg fikk overhånd over ham, forat ikke mine motstandere skal fryde sig når jeg vakler!

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Cross references

  • Psalms 25:2

    O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

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  • Jeremiah 1:19

    And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

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  • Proverbs 12:3

    A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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  • Psalms 62:6

    He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

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  • Lamentations 1:16

    For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

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  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

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  • Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

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  • Psalms 9:19

    Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

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