Psalms 13:3

Look at me and answer me, Yahweh my God! 1 Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death. 1

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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

2How long must I worry 1 and have grief in my heart all day? 1 How long will my enemy triumph over me? 1

4Do not let my enemy say, “I have defeated him,” 1 so that my enemy may not say, “I have prevailed over my adversary”; otherwise, my enemies will rejoice when I am brought down. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:29Then Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble for the land. See how my eyes have become brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

Psalms 5:1Listen to my call to you, Yahweh; 1 think about my groanings. 1

Psalms 18:28For you give light to my lamp; Yahweh my God lights up my darkness. 1

Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant faithfulness, 1 for you saw my affliction; 1 you knew the distress of my soul. 1

Jeremiah 51:39When they become hot with greed, I will make a feast for them; I will make them drunk so they become happy, 1 and then sleep an unending sleep and not wake up—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

Lamentations 5:1Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us; 1 look and see our disgrace. 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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