1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?
Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst -- these evils have found me?
Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.
An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
Satisfy us at morn `with' Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice 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.