Psalms 13:1
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 consider me your enemy?
Psalms 10:12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
Psalms 35:17Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
Psalms 74:1God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smoulder against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalms 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
Psalms 90:14Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad 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it was penned upon any particular occasion does not appear, but in general, I. David sadly complains that God had long withdrawn from him and delayed to relieve him, ver. 1, 2 .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 →