“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) |
Psalms 31:13
From Psalms 31, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).
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I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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.
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.