Psalms 13:4

Psalms 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
• New International Version (NIV)and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Context of Psalms 13:4

2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved. 5But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 13:4 word by word

פֶּן־יֹאמַ֣ר אֹיְבִ֣י יְכָלְתִּ֑יו צָרַ֥י יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ כִּ֣י אֶמּֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Psalms 13:4

• Psalms 10:11He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.
• Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
• Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
• Psalms 38:16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
• Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
• Ezekiel 35:12And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
• Psalms 9:19Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
• Jeremiah 1:19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
• Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
• Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
• Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation: He ismy high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
• Psalms 112:6For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
• Psalms 121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
• Proverbs 12:3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Commentaries on Psalms 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Let mine enemy say - Satan's ordinary method in temptation is to excite strongly to sin, to blind the understanding and inflame the passions; and when he succeeds, he triumphs by insults and reproaches. None so ready then to tell the poor soul how deeply, disgracefully, and ungratefully it has sinned! Reader, take heed. When I am moved - When moved from my steadfastness and overcome by sin. O what desolation is made by the fall of a righteous soul! Itself…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him - I have overpowered him; I have conquered him. That is, to triumph over him as having obtained a complete victory. And those that trouble me - Hebrew, “My adversaries.” The reference here is the same as in the former member of the verse. It is to the enemies that seemed almost to have triumphed over him already, and under whose power he was ready to sink. “Rejoice.” Exult; triumph. When I am moved - Moved…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Only the Lord can provide understanding and comfort. The psalmist hopes for the Lord's justice so his enemies will not celebrate.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. rejoice--literally, "shout as in triumph." I am moved--cast down from a firm position (Psa 10:6).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 13

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings