1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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Commentary on Psalms 13 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
PSALM 13
Ps 13:1-6. On title, see Introduction. The Psalmist, mourning God's absence and the triumph of his enemies, prays for relief before he is totally destroyed, and is encouraged to hope his trust will not be in vain.
1. The forms of expression and figure here used are frequent (compare Ps 9:12, 18; 10:11, 12).
How long … for ever—Shall it be for ever?
2. The counsels or devices of his heart afford no relief.
3. lighten mine eyes—dim with weakness, denoting approaching death (compare 1Sa 14:27-29; Ps 6:7; 38:10).
4. rejoice—literally, "shout as in triumph."
I am moved—cast down from a firm position (Ps 10:6).
5, 6. Trust is followed by rejoicing in the deliverance which God effects, and, instead of his enemy, he can lift the song of triumph.