Psalms 13 · Verse 4

Psalms 13:4

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Psalms 13:4, King James Version

Psalms 13:4 in other translations

BSBlest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
WEBlest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
ASVLest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
YLTLest mine enemy say, ‘I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.
DARBYLest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterLest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

What does Psalms 13:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. rejoice--literally, "shout as in triumph." I am moved--cast down from a firm position (Psa 10:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Let mine enemy say - Satan's ordinary method in temptation is to excite strongly to sin, to blind the understanding and inflame the passions; and when he succeeds, he triumphs by insults and reproaches. None so ready then to tell the poor soul how deeply, disgracefully, and ungratefully it has sinned! Reader, take heed. When I am moved - When moved from my steadfastness and overcome by sin. O what desolation is made by the fall of a righteous soul! Itself covered with darkness and desolation, infidels filled with scoffing, the Church clad in mourning, the Spirit of God grieved, and Jesus crucified afresh, and put to an open shame! O God, save the pious reader from such wreck and ruin!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 13:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
יֹאמַ֣רyo.Marhe should sayH559
אֹיְבִ֣י'o.ye.Vienemy myH341
יְכָלְתִּ֑יוye.khal.TivI have prevailed over himH3201
צָרַ֥יtza.Raiopponents myH6862
יָ֝גִ֗ילוּya.Gi.luthey will rejoiceH1523
כִּ֣יkiifH3588
אֶמּֽוֹט\׃'e.MotI am shakenH4131

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 13:4

  • Psalms 25:2

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

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 12:3

    A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • Psalms 62:6

    He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

  • Psalms 9:19

    Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

  • Psalms 35:25

    Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Psalms 121:1-3

    A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

  • Ezekiel 35:12-15

    And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Psalms 112:6

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lest.
10:11; 25:2; 35:19,25; 38:16; Jos 7:9; Eze 35:12-15
I have.
9:19; Jer 1:19; La 1:16
when.
55:22; 62:2,6; 112:6; 121:1-3; Pr 12:3

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Context

  • Psalms 13:3

    Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

  • Psalms 13:4

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

  • Psalms 13:5

    But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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Psalms 13:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no diga mi enemigo, Vencílo: mis enemigos se alegrarán, si yo resbalare.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Regarde, réponds-moi, Éternel, mon Dieu! Illumine mes yeux, de peur que je ne dorme du sommeil de la mort;
German
Elberfelder 1871		daß mein Feind nicht sage: Ich habe ihn übermocht! meine Bedränger nicht frohlocken, wenn ich wanke.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nonne cognoscent omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam sicut escam panis?