Psalms 13:1
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH, || Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your face from me?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
In Context
Cross References
Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face? And reckon me for an enemy to You?
Psalms 10:12Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
Psalms 35:17Lord, how long do You behold? Keep my soul back from their desolations, || My only one from young lions.
Psalms 74:1AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Why, O God, have You cast off forever? Your anger smokes against the flock of Your pasture.
Psalms 85:5Are You angry against us for all time? Do You draw out Your anger || To generation and generation?
Psalms 90:14Satisfy us at morning [with] Your kindness, || And we sing and rejoice all our days.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 13:1
This psalm is the deserted soul's case and cure. Whether it was penned upon any particular occasion does not appear, but in general, I. David sadly complains that God had long withdrawn from him and delayed to relieve him, ver. 1, 2 . II. He earnestly prays to God to consider his case and comfort him, ver. 3, 4 . III. He assures himself of an answer of peace, and therefore concludes the psalm with joy and triumph, because he concludes his deliverance to be as good as wrought, ver. 5, 6 . Read the whole commentary →