Psalms 13:1

Psalms 13:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• New International Version (NIV)How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Context of Psalms 13:1

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalms 13:1 word by word

עַד־אָ֣נָה יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי נֶ֑צַח עַד־אָ֓נָה׀ תַּסְתִּ֖יר אֶת־פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

• How longעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• O LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Will You forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• meאָן'ân 'ânâh · where?H575
• foreverנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• will You hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• Your faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• from meמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480

Cross-references for Psalms 13:1

• Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
• Psalms 35:17How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
• Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
• Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
• Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
• Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
• Psalms 90:14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
• Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
• Psalms 10:12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
• Lamentations 5:20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
• Deuteronomy 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
• Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
• Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Commentaries on Psalms 13:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1How long wilt thou forget me - The words אנה עד ad anah, to what length, to what time, translated here how long? are four times repeated in the two first verses, and point out at once great dejection and extreme earnestness of soul. Hide thy face from me? - How long shall I be destitute of a clear sense of thy approbation?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? - literally, “until when.” The psalmist breaks out into this cry “in the midst” of his troubles. He had apparently borne them as long as he could. It seemed as if they would never come to an end. We may presume that he had been patient and uncomplaining; that he had borne his trials long with the hope and belief that they would soon terminate; that he had waited patiently for deliverance, uttering no words of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist complains that God had long withdrawn. He earnestly prays for comfort. He assures himself of an answer of peace. --God sometimes hides his face, and leaves his own children in the dark concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any outward trouble whatever. But anxious cares are heavy burdens with which believers often load themselves more than they need. The bread of sorrows is sometimes the saint's daily bread…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2How long?: Repeating the question four times shows intense worry and deep pain (Psalm 79:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61. The forms of expression and figure here used are frequent (compare Psa 9:12, 18; 10:11, 12). How long ... for ever--Shall it be for ever?Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 13:1

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Alike
• Trouble
• Face
• Forget; Forgetful
• Papyrus
• Psalms, Book of
• Septuagint

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