Psalms 31:13
11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.
- DARBY
- For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.
- BLB
- For I have heard the slander of many, terror from round about, in their taking counsel together against me; they have plotted to take my life.
- ÅB
- For jeg hører baktalelse av mange,
redsel fra alle kanter,
når de rådslår sammen imot meg;
de lurer på å ta livet mitt. - OTB
- For jeg har hørt mange hviske,
"Terror på alle kanter!"
Mens de sammensverget seg mot meg,
Planla de å ta mitt liv. - B1930
- For jeg hører baktalelse av mange, redsel fra alle kanter, idet de rådslår sammen imot mig; de lurer på å ta mitt liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Read in contextMatthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Read in contextLamentations 2:22
You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.
Read in context1 Samuel 20:33
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
Read in contextPsalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Read in contextMatthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
Read in context2 Samuel 17:1–4
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
Read in contextMatthew 26:3–4
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
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