English Standard Version
Psalms 13:3
3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
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,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
Context of Psalms 13:3
1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, 4lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. 5But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:3 word by word
הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 13:3
- Psalms 9:13Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalms 25:19Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
- Psalms 31:7I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
- Psalms 119:153Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
- Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!
- Psalms 18:28For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
- 1 Samuel 14:27But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
- Ezra 9:8But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant and to give us a secure hold within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."
- Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Jeremiah 51:39While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:14for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine 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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