Psalms 31:13

Psalms 31:13 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life.

Context of Psalms 31:13

11Because of all my enemies I have become a reproach and disgrace, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me on the street run from me. 12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the slander and whispering of many, Terror is on every side; While they schemed together against me, They plotted to take away my life. 14But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord; I said, “You are my God.” 15My times are in Your hands; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.

Psalms 31:13 word by word

כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי׀ דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֪וֹר מִסָּ֫בִ֥יב בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם יַ֣חַד עָלַ֑י לָקַ֖חַת נַפְשִׁ֣י זָמָֽמוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the slanderדִּבָּהdibbâh · slanderH1681
• of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• fearמָגוֹרmâgôr mâgûr · terrorH4032
• on every sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
• while they took counselיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• against me, they devisedזָמַםzâmam · to planH2161
• to take awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• my lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315

Cross-references for Psalms 31:13

• Psalms 55:10Day and night they go around her walls; Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.
• Psalms 101:5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence; The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
• 1 Samuel 22:8For all of you have conspired against me so that no one informs me when my son [Jonathan] makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you cares about me or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as he does this day?”
• 1 Samuel 24:9David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my familiar and trusted friends, [Those who are] watching for my fall, say, “Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him, And take our revenge on him.”
• Luke 23:1Then the whole assembly got up and brought Him before Pilate.
• Psalms 56:1Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me; All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
• Psalms 57:4My life is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe out fire— The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
• Jeremiah 6:25Do not go out into the field Nor walk on the road, For the enemy is armed with the sword; Terror is on every side.
• Jeremiah 20:3And the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib (terror on every side).
• Lamentations 2:22You [Lord] called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors (dangers) on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the Lord’s anger. Those I have cared for and brought up with tenderness, My enemy annihilated them.
• 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, so that Saul only stuck the spear into the wall. Then David fled and escaped that night.
• 1 Samuel 20:33Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down, so Jonathan knew [without any doubt] that his father had decided to put David to death.
• 1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
• 2 Samuel 17:1Then, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.
• Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; Let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name be remembered no longer.”

Commentaries on Psalms 31:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13I have heard the slander of many - To this and the two foregoing verses the reader may find several parallels; Jeremiah 18:18; to the end of Jeremiah 19:1-15., and ten first verses of chapter 20: This has caused several to suppose that Jeremiah was the author of this Psalm.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For I have heard the slander of many - The reproach; the false accusations; the unjust aspersions. We are here more definitely informed as to another of the sources of the trouble that came upon him. It was “slander.” He had already referred to “two” sources of trouble; one Psalm 31:11 that he was “reproached” by his friends and neighbors, and that his society was shunned by them; a second, that he was “forgotten” by those who ought to have remembered…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13In this prayer for mercy, the psalmist places a description of his intense suffering and the pain of rejection between two statements of trust in the Lord (Psalm 31:6, 14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. For--introduces further reasons for his prayer, the unjust, deliberate, and murderous purposes of his foes.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 31:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Persecution
• Slander

In the dictionaries

• David
• Magor-Missabib
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings