Psalm 13:4
New International Version
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

New Living Translation
Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!” Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

English Standard Version
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

Berean Standard Bible
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

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

New King James Version
Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

New American Standard Bible
And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

NASB 1995
And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

NASB 1977
Lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” Lest my adversaries rejoice when I am shaken.

Legacy Standard Bible
Lest my enemy says, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.

Amplified Bible
And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

Christian Standard Bible
My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And let not my enemies say, "I have beaten him”, neither let them rejoice against me in my afflictions when I am shaken.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

Contemporary English Version
My enemies will say, "Now we've won!" They will be greatly pleased when I am defeated.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:

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

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

Good News Translation
Don't let my enemies say, "We have defeated him." Don't let them gloat over my downfall.

International Standard Version
Otherwise, my enemy will say, "I have overcome him;" Otherwise, my persecutor will rejoice when I am shaken.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

Literal Standard Version
Lest my enemy say, “I overcame him,” | My adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

Majority Standard Bible
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

New American Bible
Look upon me, answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes lest I sleep in death,

NET Bible
Then my enemy will say, "I have defeated him!" Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

New Revised Standard Version
and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”; my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

New Heart English Bible
Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him," and my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

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

World English Bible
lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
How Long, O LORD?
3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, 4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall. 5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.…

Cross References
Psalm 12:4
They say, "With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips--who can be our master?"

Psalm 25:2
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

Psalm 35:19
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Psalm 38:16
For I said, "Let them not gloat over me--those who taunt me when my foot slips."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Lest

Psalm 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm 25:2
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Psalm 35:19,25
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause…

I have

Psalm 9:19
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Jeremiah 1:19
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

Lamentations 1:16
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

when

Psalm 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 62:2,6
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved…

Psalm 112:6
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

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Psalm 13
1. David complains of delay
3. He prays for preventing grace
5. He boasts of divine mercy














Verse 4. - Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him. The triumph of David's enemy over him, whether he were Saul or any one else, even the ideal wicked man, would be the triumph of evil over good, of those who had cast God behind their back over those who faithfully served him, of irreligion over piety. He could therefore appeal to God - not in his own personal interest, but in the interest of truth and right, and the general good of mankind - to prevent his enemy's triumph. And those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. There would be a general rejoicing on the part of all his foes, if his arch-enemy succeeded in seriously injuring him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
lest
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

my enemy
אֹיְבִ֣י (’ō·yə·ḇî)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

say,
יֹאמַ֣ר (yō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I have overcome him,”
יְכָלְתִּ֑יו (yə·ḵā·lə·tîw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

and my foes
צָרַ֥י (ṣā·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

rejoice
יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ (yā·ḡî·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1523: To spin round, rejoice, fear

when
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I fall.
אֶמּֽוֹט׃ (’em·mō·wṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall


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