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Psalms 13:3

PrayerHopeDeath and loss

1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

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

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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BSB
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
KJV
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
WEB
Behold, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
ASV
Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
DARBY
Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
BLB
Look attentively; answer me, O YHWH my God! Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
ÅB
Se hit, svar meg, Herre min Gud!
Klarne øynene mine, for at jeg ikke skal sove inn i døden,
OTB
Se på meg og svar, Herre min Gud;
Lys opp mine øyne, så jeg ikke faller i dødens søvn,
B1930
Se hit, svar mig, Herre min Gud! Opklar mine øine, forat jeg ikke skal sove inn i døden,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezra 9:8

    And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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  • Psalms 18:28

    For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

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  • Jeremiah 51:39

    In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.

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  • Psalms 5:1

    Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:29

    Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:27

    But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

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  • Jeremiah 51:57

    And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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  • Psalms 25:19

    Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

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