Psalms 13:3

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

4Will not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:29and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has + 14:29 E medio sustulit. עכר probably read as עבר.destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight now that I have tasted a little of this honey.

Psalms 5:1For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.

Psalms 31:7Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.

Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 13:2-6

David's Complaints and Prayers Turned into Praises. 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall… Read the whole commentary →

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