13 Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

Other Translations of Jeremiah 20:13

King James Version

13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

English Standard Version

13 Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

The Message

13 Sing to God! All praise to God! He saves the weak from the grip of the wicked.

New King James Version

13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the life of the poor From the hand of evildoers.

New Living Translation

13 Sing to the Lord ! Praise the Lord ! For though I was poor and needy, he rescued me from my oppressors.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 20:13

Commentary on Jeremiah 20:7-13

(Read Jeremiah 20:7-13)

The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But verse 7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me by the influence of thy Spirit upon me. So long as we see ourselves in the way of God, and of duty, it is weakness and folly, when we meet with difficulties and discouragements, to wish we had never set out in it. The prophet found the grace of God mighty in him to keep him to his business, notwithstanding the temptation he was in to throw it up. Whatever injuries are done to us, we must leave them to that God to whom vengeance belongs, and who has said, I will repay. So full was he of the comfort of God's presence, the Divine protection he was under, and the Divine promise he had to depend upon, that he stirred up himself and others to give God the glory. Let the people of God open their cause before Him, and he will enable them to see deliverance.