Psalms 13:3

Psalms 13:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
• New International Version (NIV)Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Context of Psalms 13:3

1How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved. 5But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalms 13:3 word by word

הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 13:3

• Psalms 9:13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
• Psalms 25:19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
• Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
• Psalms 119:153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
• Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
• Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
• 1 Samuel 14:27But 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 the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
• Ezra 9:8And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah 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.
• Luke 2:32A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
• Revelation 21:23And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
• Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

Commentaries on Psalms 13:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Consider and hear me - Rather, answer me. I have prayed; I am seeking thy face I am lost without thee; I am in darkness; my life draws nigh to destruction; if I die unforgiven, I die eternally. O Lord my God, consider this; hear and answer, for thy name's sake.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Consider and hear me - literally, “Look, hear me.” God had seemed to avert his face as if he would not even look upon him Psalm 13:1; and the psalmist now prays that he “would” look upon him - that he would regard his wants - that he would attend to his cry. So we pray to one who turns away from us as if he were not disposed to hear, and as if he cared nothing about us. Lighten mine eyes - The allusion here is, probably, to his exhaustion, arising from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The psalmist's suffering feels like death (Psalms 22:15; 55:4; 88:15; 94:17; 116:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. lighten mine eyes--dim with weakness, denoting approaching death (compare 1Sa 14:27-29; Psa 6:7; 38:10).Read the comment

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• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Psalms 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings