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1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
3 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4 Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
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Psalms 13 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 11 cross-references, 2 Early-Church citations.
Cross-references in Psalms 13 (11)
- v.5 Jude 1:21
- v.1 Job 13:24
- v.5 Isaiah 12:2
- v.5 Habakkuk 3:18
- v.6 Psalms 116:7
- v.1 Lamentations 5:20
- v.1 Psalms 89:46
- v.5 Psalms 52:8
- v.6 Psalms 21:13
- v.1 Psalms 94:3-4
- v.5 Psalms 119:81
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 13:1–6 (52 words)
1
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- אָ֣נָהʾānâan: where?; (hence) whither?, when?H575
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִיtiškāḥēnîshakach: to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attentionH7911
- נֶ֑צַחneṣaḥnetsach: (properly) a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towardsH5331
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- אָ֓נָה׀ʾānâan: where?; (hence) whither?, when?H575
- תַּסְתִּ֖ירtastîrcathar: to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelyH5641
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- פָּנֶ֣יךָpānêkāpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- מִמֶּֽנִּי׃mimmennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
2
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- אָ֨נָהʾānâan: where?; (hence) whither?, when?H575
- אָשִׁ֪יתʾāšîtshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
- עֵצ֡וֹתʿēṣôt`etsah: advice; (by implication) planH6098
- בְּנַפְשִׁ֗יbĕnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- יָג֣וֹןyāgônyagown: afflictionH3015
- בִּלְבָבִ֣יbilbābîlebab: the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like H3820H3824
- יוֹמָ֑םyômāmyowmam: dailyH3119
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- אָ֓נָה׀ʾānâan: where?; (hence) whither?, when?H575
- יָר֖וּםyārûmruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
- אֹיְבִ֣יʾôybîoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
- עָלָֽי׃ʿālāy`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
3
- הַבִּ֣יטָֽהhabbîṭânabat: to scan, i.e. look intently at; (by implication) to regard with pleasure, favor or careH5027
- עֲ֭נֵנִיʿănēnî`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
- יְהוָ֣הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- אֱלֹהָ֑יʾĕlōhāyelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- הָאִ֥ירָהhāʾîrâowr: to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)H215
- עֵ֝ינַ֗יʿênay`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
- פֶּןpenpen: (properly) removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lestH6435
- אִישַׁ֥ןʾîšanyashen: (properly) to be slack or languid; (by implication) to sleepH3462
- הַמָּֽוֶת׃hammāwetmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
4
- פֶּןpenpen: (properly) removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lestH6435
- יֹאמַ֣רyōʾmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- אֹיְבִ֣יʾôybîoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
- יְכָלְתִּ֑יוyĕkoltîwyakol: to be able; (literally) can, couldH3201
- צָרַ֥יṣāraytsar: narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble)H6862
- יָ֝גִ֗ילוּyāgîlûgiyl: (properly) to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearH1523
- כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- אֶמּֽוֹט׃ʾemmôṭmowt: to waver; (by implication) , to slip, shake, fallH4131
5
- וַאֲנִ֤י׀waʾănîaniy: IH589
- בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣bĕḥasdĕkācheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- בָטַחְתִּי֮bāṭaḥtiybatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
- יָ֤גֵ֥לyāgēlgiyl: (properly) to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearH1523
- לִבִּ֗יlibbîleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
- בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָbîšûʿātekāyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444
6
- אָשִׁ֥ירָהʾāšîrâshiyr: to singH7891
- לַיהוָ֑הlayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- כִּ֖יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- גָמַ֣לgāmalgamal: to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requiteH1580
- עָלָֽי׃ʿālāy`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
Strong's words in Psalms 13 (6)
- Strong's H5704 — עַד (ʿad)
- `ad (ad) prep. 1. (properly) a (peremptory) terminus 2. (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction especially with a preposition) as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) [from H5710] KJV: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet. Root(s): H5710 Compare: H5703. Appears 4 times in Psalms 13.
- Strong's H575 — אָ֣נָה (ʾānâ)
- an (awn) (or manah {aw-naw'}) adv. 1. where? 2. (hence) whither?, when? 3. (also) hither and thither [contracted from H370] KJV: + any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever). Root(s): H370. Appears 4 times in Psalms 13.
- Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 3 times in Psalms 13.
- Strong's H1523 — יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ (yāgîlû)
- giyl (gheel) (or (by permutation) guwl {gool}) v. 1. (properly) to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear [a primitive root] KJV: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 13.
- Strong's H341 — אֹיְבִ֣י (ʾôybî)
- oyeb (o-yabe') (or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}) subv. 1. hating 2. an adversary [active participle of H340] KJV: enemy, foe. Root(s): H340. Appears 2 times in Psalms 13.
- Strong's H6435 — פֶּן (pen)
- pen (pane) adv. 1. (properly) removal 2. used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest [from H6437] KJV: (lest) (peradventure), that...not. Root(s): H6437. Appears 2 times in Psalms 13.
“At first this one makes many plans in his soul, but in the end [see v. 5], he rests in the great plan of God for everyone, whose spirit is in the root of Jesse.”
What the Early Church wrote about Psalms 13 (1)
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“The prophet says of the latter, “Enlighten my eyes lest I sleep in death.” I think it is clear to everyone that we would not say that God performs the work of the sun and assigns to another the task of enlightening the eyes of those who will not sleep in death. God, therefore,...”