Tree of Life Version
Psalms 13:1
1For the music director, a psalm of David.
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
For the music director, a psalm of David. 2How long, Adonai? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 3How long must I have cares in my soul and daily sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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 6:3Be gracious to me, Adonai, for I am weak. Heal me, Adonai— for my bones are shuddering with fear,
- Psalms 35:17My Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages— my solitary existence from the lions.
- Psalms 74:1A contemplative song of Asaph. Why have You cast us off forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the flock of Your pasture?
- Psalms 80:4O God, restore us, make Your face shine, and we will be saved.
- Psalms 85:5Restore us, O God of our salvation, and renounce Your indignation with us.
- Psalms 89:46You cut short the days of his youth. You covered him with shame. Selah
- Psalms 90:14Satisfy us in the morning with Your love, so we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
- Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, Adonai, how long will the wicked gloat?
- Psalms 10:12Arise, Adonai! O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted.
- Lamentations 5:20Why do You always forget us and forsake us for so long?
- Psalms 22:1For the music director, on “The Doe of the Dawn,” a psalm of David.
- Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
- Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy?
- Isaiah 59:2Rather, your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God. 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
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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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