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Psalms 13:4

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 13:5.

פֶּןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.יֹאמַ֣רyomarsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֹיְבִ֣יoyevienemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.יְכָלְתִּ֑יוyekhaletivbe ableיָכֹלverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be able”, a completed actionH3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.צָרַ֥יtsaraynarrowצַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “narrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.יָ֝גִ֗ילוּyagilvrejoiceגִּילverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “rejoice”, an unfinished actionH1523properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearbe glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֶמּֽוֹטemotfallמוֹטverb, niphal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH4131to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fallbe carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(13-5) Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(13-5) Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέει σου ἤλπισα· ἀγαλλιάσεται ἡ καρδία μου ἐν τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου.