Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Look upon, answer me, O Jehovah my God: enlighten mine eyes, lest I shall sleep the death;

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him, [lest] my adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

Darby Translation

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

[and] lest my enemy should say, "I have overcome him," [lest] my enemies rejoice because I am shaken.

Modern King James verseion

lest my enemy say, I have overcome him, and my foes rejoice when I am shaken.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

The Emphasized Bible

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter.

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Plea For Deliverance

3 How long shall I put counsels in my soul, grief in my heart the day? how long shall mine enemy rise up against me? 4 Look upon, answer me, O Jehovah my God: enlighten mine eyes, lest I shall sleep the death; 5 Lest mine enemy shall say, I prevailed against him; mine adversaries shall exult when I shall be moved.

Cross References

Psalm 25:2

My God, in thee I trusted, I shall not be ashamed: mine enemies shall not exult over me.

Psalm 38:16

For, for thee, O Jehovah, I waited: thou wilt answer, O Jehovah my God.

Joshua 7:9

And the Canaanite and all inhabiting the land shall hear, and they encompassed about us, and they cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

Psalm 9:19

Arise, O Jehovah; man shall not be strengthened: the nations shall be judged before thee.

Psalm 10:11

Saying in his heart, God forgat: he hid his face; not seeing forever.

Psalm 35:19

Mine enemies shall not rejoice over me for falsehood: they hating me gratuitously shall pinch the eye.

Psalm 35:25

They shall not say in their heart, Aha! our soul. They shall not say, We swallowed him down.

Psalm 55:22

Cast thy giving upon Jehovah and he will sustain thee: he will not give forever a wavering to the just one.

Psalm 62:2

Surely he my rock and my salvation, my height; I shall not be greatly moved.

Psalm 62:6

Surely he my rock and my salvation: my height; I shall not be moved.

Psalm 112:6

For he shall not be moved forever: the just one shall be for eternal remembrance.

Psalm 121:1-3

Song of ascensions. I will lift up mine eyes to the mountains from whence shall come my help.

Proverbs 12:3

A man shall not be prepared by injustice: and the root of the Just shall not be moved.

Jeremiah 1:19

And they warred against thee; and they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, says Jehovah, to deliver thee.

Lamentations 1:16

For these I weep; mine eye, mine eye will go down with water, for he comforting turning back my soul, removed far off from me: my sons were desolations, for the enemy prevailed.

Ezekiel 35:12-15

And thou knewest that I am Jehovah; I heard all thy reproaches which thou spakest against the mountains of Israel, saying, They were given to us a desolation to consume.

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