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Psalms 13:5
5Or else my enemy will say: “I have overcome him!” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
Psalms 13:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- New International Version (NIV)But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
Context of Psalms 13:5
3How long must I have cares in my soul and daily sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 4Look at me and answer, Adonai my God. Light up my eyes, or I will sleep in death. Or else my enemy will say: “I have overcome him!” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken. 6But I trust in Your lovingkindness, my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will sing to Adonai, because He has been good to me.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:5 word by word
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 13:5
- Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness surrounds the one who trusts in Adonai.
- Psalms 33:18Behold, the eyes of Adonai are on those who fear Him, waiting for His love,
- Psalms 36:7Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like the great deep. You preserve man and beast, Adonai.
- Psalms 52:8Then the righteous will see and fear, and laugh at him:
- Psalms 147:11Adonai delights in those who revere Him, in those who trust in His lovingkindness.
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and will not be afraid. For the Lord Adonai is my strength and my song. He also has become my salvation.”
- Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, eagerly waiting for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah that leads to eternal life.
- Psalms 9:14Be compassionate to me, Adonai. See my affliction from those hating me. Lift me up from the gates of death.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will come to the altar of God, to the God of my exceeding joy, and praise You upon the harp —O God, my God.
- Psalms 51:12Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints with longing for Your salvation, but I still hope in Your word.
- 1 Samuel 2:1Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in Adonai, my horn is lifted high in Adonai. I smile wide over my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- Habakkuk 3:18Yet will I triumph in Adonai, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Luke 1:47and my spirit greatly rejoices in God, my Savior.
- Luke 2:20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, just as they had been told.
Commentaries on Psalms 13:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But I have trusted in thy mercy - Thou wilt not suffer me to fall; or if I have fallen, wilt thou not, for his sake who died for sinners, once more lift up the light of thy countenance upon me? Wilt thou not cover my sin? My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation - There is no true joy but of the heart; and the heart cannot rejoice till all guilt is taken away from the conscience.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But I have trusted in thy mercy - In thy favor; thy friendship; thy promises. His original confidence had been in God only, and not in himself. That confidence he still maintained; and now, as the result of that, he begins to exult in the confidence that he would be safe. The idea is, “I have trusted in the mercy of God; I still trust, and I will trust forever.” My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation - The word “salvation” here does not refer to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The psalmist no longer hears the mockery of his enemies. Instead, he feels joyful because he trusts in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Trust is followed by rejoicing in the deliverance which God effects, and, instead of his enemy, he can lift the song of triumph.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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