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Psalms 31:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Psalms 31:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 31:13

Theological / Devotional

Slander. Or, “whispering,” or, “evil report.”

Fear. Heb. magor, “terror” (compare the use of magor in Isa. 31:9; Jer. 6:25; 20:3–10; 46:5). An exclamation indicating the psalmist’s intense fear of everyone and everything he met (see Jer. 20:10).

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