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Psalms 13:3
3Lord, please listen to me! I feel that I am nearly dead. Please give me the strength to live!
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
1Lord, will you forget about me for ever? When will you remember to come and help me? 2My thoughts make me worry all the time. How long must I continue to be sad? How long will my enemies continue to win against me? Lord, please listen to me! I feel that I am nearly dead. Please give me the strength to live! 4If I die, my enemies will say, ‘We have won against him!’ My enemies will be very happy if I fall. 5But I will trust you because of your faithful love. Please make me safe, so that I can be happy and thank you.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:3 word by word
הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 13:3
- Psalms 9:13How my enemies cause me to suffer! Please be kind to me, Lord. You are the one who can save me from death.
- Psalms 25:19Look at all my enemies! There are very many of them! They hate me so much that they want to hurt me.
- Psalms 31:7I am very happy because of your faithful love. You see when I suffer. You know when I am very upset.
- Psalms 119:153Look at my pain and trouble! Please save me, because I do not forget your Law.
- Lamentations 5:1Lord, please remember the trouble that has happened to us. Look at us, because we are ashamed.
- Psalms 18:28Lord, you make my lamp burn brightly. My God is my light in the dark.
- 1 Samuel 14:27But Jonathan had not heard about the soldiers' promise to his father. He pushed the end of his stick into the honey. He took some honey on his fingers and he ate it. Then he felt stronger.
- Ezra 9:8But now, for a short time, the Lord our God has been kind to us. He has let some of us remain alive. He has given us a safe place to live in this holy place. He has made our lives happier. He has given us rest from work as slaves.
- Luke 2:32He will bring light to people so that they can know you. He will show you to those people who are not Jews. He will also show that your people of Israel are very special.’
- Revelation 21:23Also, the city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it. God's bright glory gives light to the city. The Lamb is the lamp that gives it light.
- Jeremiah 51:39While they are feeling so hungry, I will prepare a feast for them. I will cause them to become drunk, and they will become helpless. They will sleep for ever and they will never wake up again.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Ephesians 5:14Everything that becomes clear to see is in the light. That is why it says: ‘Wake up, you people who are asleep! Rise up from among the dead people! Then Christ will shine his light on you.’
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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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
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