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Psalms 13:1-3

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1 1How long, O LORD? Will you 2forget me forever? How long will you 3hide your face from me?
2 How long must I take 4counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 5Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; 6light up my eyes, lest 7I sleep the sleep of death,
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Psalms 13:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. According to Theodoret this psalm was written by David, not when he fled from Saul, but from Absalom; and gives this reason for it, what happened to him from Saul was before his sin, and therefore he could speak with great boldness; but what befell him from Absalom was after it, and therefore mourning and groans were mixed with his words.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 1. Psalms 79:5; Psalms 89:46; [Revelation 6:10]
  • 2. Psalms 10:12; Psalms 44:24; Psalms 74:19, 23; Lamentations 5:20
  • 3. See Job 13:24
  • 4. [Psalms 77:6]
  • 5. Psalms 5:1; Psalms 119:153
  • 6. Psalms 19:8; Ezra 9:8; Proverbs 29:13; Ephesians 1:18; [1 Samuel 14:27]
  • 7. [Jeremiah 51:39]
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