Psalm 13:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

and my enemy will say, "I have overpowered him." My opponents will rejoice because I have been shaken.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

ASV:

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

BBE:

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

DBY:

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

ERV:

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

JPS:

Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

WBS:

Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

WEB:

Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

YLT:

Lest mine enemy say, 'I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

Psalm 13:4 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 12:4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"

Psalm 25:2 O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Psalm 38:16 For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have {c} prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
(c) Which might turn to God's dishonour: if he did not defend his.

MHC:

13:1-6 The psalmist complains that God had long withdrawn. He earnestly prays for comfort. He assures himself of an answer of peace. - God sometimes hides his face, and leaves his own children in the dark concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any outward trouble whatever. But anxious cares are heavy burdens with which believers often load themselves more than they need. The bread of sorrows is sometimes the saint's daily bread; our Master himself was a man of sorrows. It is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think that it will last always. Those who have long been without joy, begin to be without hope. We should never allow ourselves to make any complaints but what drive us to our knees. Nothing is more killing to a soul than the want of God's favour; nothing more reviving than the return of it. The sudden, delightful changes in the book of Psalms, are often very remarkable. We pass from depth of despondency to the height of religious confidence and joy. It is thus, ver. 5. All is gloomy dejection in ver. 4; but here the mind of the despondent worshipper rises above all its distressing fears, and throws itself, without reserve, on the mercy and care of its Divine Redeemer. See the power of faith, and how good it is to draw near to God. If we bring our cares and griefs to the throne of grace, and leave them there, we may go away like Hannah, and our countenances will be no more said, 1Sa 1:18. God's mercy is the support of the psalmist's faith. Finding I have that to trust to, I am comforted, though I have no merit of my own. His faith in God's mercy filled his heart with joy in his salvation; for joy and peace come by believing. He has dealt bountifully with me. By faith he was as confident of salvation, as if it had been completed already. In this way believers pour out their prayers, renouncing all hopes but in the mercy of God through the Saviour's blood: and sometimes suddenly, at others gradually, they will find their burdens removed, and their comforts restored; they then allow that their fears and complaints were unnecessary, and acknowledge that the Lord hath dealt bountifully with them.

CONC:

Adversaries Enemy Fall Foes Glad Joy Joyful Lest Moved Overcame Overcome Prevailed Rejoice Shaken Trouble Troubling

Adversaries Enemy Fall Foes Glad Joy Joyful Moved Overcame Overcome Prevailed Rejoice Shaken Trouble Troubling

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