Psalm 31:13
“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.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 31Meaning
Slander and fear surround the speaker while others conspire against his life; the proper response in the psalm is prayer and trust, not retaliation or vigilantism.
Grief, rejection and threat
Verses 9–13 name bodily grief, failing strength, social shame, abandonment, slander, fear and plots against the speaker’s life.
Read carefully
Slander and fear surround the speaker while others conspire against his life; the proper response in the psalm is prayer and trust, not retaliation or vigilantism.
Reflection
Slander and fear surround the speaker while others conspire against his life; the proper response in the psalm is prayer and trust, not retaliation or vigilantism.