Psalms 13:3

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, 1 There is none that does good, no not one. 1 Their throat is an open sepulcher; 1 With their tongues they have used deceit; 1 The poison of asps is under their lips: 1 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; 1 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 1 Destruction and misery are in their ways; 1 And the way of peace they have not known: 1 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 1

Updated 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, 1 To see if there were any that understood, or sought after God. 1

4Will not all the workers of iniquity know, 1 Who eat up my people as they would eat bread? 1 They have not called upon the Lord. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:29and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has 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. 1

Psalms 31:7Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; 1 My joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause. 1

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

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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