Psalms 13:3
Consider and answer me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Revised Version 1895
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
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
Psalms 5:1Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my lamp: the LORD my God will lighten my darkness.
Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities:
Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Lamentations 5:1Remember, O what is LORD, come upon us: behold, and see 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 →