Psalms 13:3-4

3 ¹Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; ²light up my eyes, lest ³I sleep the sleep of death,

4 ⁴lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him, ”lest my foes rejoice because I am ⁵shaken.

Psalms 13:3-4 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.

Cross References

• 1. 13:3 Ps. 5:1; 119:153
• 2. 13:3 Ps. 19:8; Ezra 9:8; Prov. 29:13; Eph. 1:18; [1 Sam. 14:27]
• 3. 13:3 [Jer. 51:39]
• 4. 13:4 Deut. 32:27
• 5. 13:4 See Ps. 10:6