5 And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation.
So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.
And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation.
yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ -- to life age-during;
Many `are' the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.
For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted. Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!
How precious `is' Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.
And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God. What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
`Kaph.' Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
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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.