Psalms 31:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have heard, partly with my own ears, and partly by the information of others. The slander of many, who reproach and defame me as a turbulent and seditious person, an enemy to the public peace, a conspirator against the king's life or dignity. Fear, i.e. just cause of fear, even of the loss of my life, as appears from the next clause. They devised to take away, to wit, unjustly and violently; as this word is used, Genesis 34:2, Genesis 24:11.