Psalms 31:13

13 For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalms 31:13 in Other Translations

KJV
13 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.
ESV
13 For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
NLT
13 I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life.
MSG
13 The street-talk gossip has me "criminally insane"! Behind locked doors they plot how to ruin me for good.
CSB
13 I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life.

Psalms 31:13 In-Context

11 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.
12 I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
13 For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Leviticus 19:16; Psalms 50:20
  • 2. S Job 18:11; Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3,10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:5; Lamentations 2:22
  • 3. Psalms 41:7; Psalms 56:6; Psalms 71:10; Psalms 83:3
  • 4. S Genesis 37:18; S Matthew 12:14; Matthew 27:1
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