New King James Version
Psalms 13:4
4Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.
Context of Psalms 13:4
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 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 has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.”
- Psalms 25:2O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 35:19Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
- Psalms 38:16For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
- Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Ezekiel 35:12Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’
- Psalms 9:19Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
- Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”
- Lamentations 1:16“For these things I weep; My eye, my eye overflows with water; Because the comforter, who should restore my life, Is far from me. My children are desolate Because the enemy prevailed.”
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.
- Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help?
- Proverbs 12:3A man is not established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous cannot 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
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