Psalm 31:13

13 For I ¹hear the whispering of many—terror on every side! — ²as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

Psalm 31:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many
Both enemies and neighbours;

fear [was] on every side;
his enemies were a "Magormissabib" to him, ( Jeremiah 20:3 ) ; encompassed him around, so that he was in fear from every quarter;

while they took counsel together against me;
how to apprehend him, and what to do with him;

they devised to take away my life;
nothing short of that would satisfy; but life is in the hand of God; men may devise, but God disappoints, and his counsel stands; hence the psalmist was encouraged, after all, to trust in him, in this time of imminent danger, as follows.

Psalm 31:13 In-Context

11 Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

12 I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

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.

14 But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God. ”

15 My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

Cross References

• 1. 31:13 Jer. 20:10
• 2. 31:13 [Matt. 27:1]; See 2 Sam. 17:1-4