New English Translation
Psalms 13:1
1How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
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, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? 2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:1 word by word
עַד־אָ֣נָה יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי נֶ֑צַח עַד־אָ֓נָה׀ תַּסְתִּ֖יר אֶת־פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 13:1
- Psalms 6:3I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord – how long will this continue?
- Psalms 35:17O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!
- Psalms 74:1Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?
- Psalms 85:5Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
- Psalms 90:14Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!
- Psalms 94:3O Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?
- Psalms 10:12Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!
- Lamentations 5:20Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
- Deuteronomy 31:17At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
- Isaiah 59:2But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
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
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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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