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, 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? 3Consider and answer me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Psalms 13:1 word by word

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

Cross-references for Psalms 13:1

• Psalms 6:3My soul also is sore vexed: and thou, O LORD, how long?
• Psalms 35:17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
• Psalms 74:1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 80:4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
• Psalms 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
• Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? how long shall thy wrath burn like fire?
• Psalms 90:14O satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
• Psalms 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
• Psalms 10:12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.
• Lamentations 5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
• Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
• Isaiah 59:2but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will 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