Psalms 13:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; ”

Psalms 13:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consider and hear me - literally, “Look, hear me.” God had seemed to avert his face as if he would not even look upon him Psalms 13:1 ; and the psalmist now prays that he “would” look upon him -...
Psalms 13:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XIII. A Prayer in Distress with Confidence of Final Victory. Psalms 13:2 . Read, How long must I bear affliction on my soul? ( Psalms 13:2 a ) and in the same verse day and night (LXX, in some...
Psalms 13:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hear . answer. Lighten mine eyes . Revive me. sleep the sleep of death . sleep my last sleep. Hebrew Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6.
Psalms 13:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Look upon me, answer me. As when God does not promptly afford assistance to his servants, it seems to the eye of sense that he does not behold their necessities, David, for this reason, a...
Psalms 13:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Consider and hear me - Rather, answer me. I have prayed; I am seeking thy face I am lost without thee; I a...
Psalms 13:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lighten mine eyes— The meaning of this phrase may perhaps be best judged of by Jonathan's speech, 1 Samuel 14:29 for he, being very hungry and ready to faint, dipped his rod in an honeycomb, and...
Psalms 13:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Prayer follows complaint the believer's case. Instead of complaints against God to man, the believer br...
Psalms 13:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
Psalms 13:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lighten. — Literally, give light to my eyes that I may not go to sleep in death, i.e., go to sleep and never wake; “sleep unto death,” as the LXX. (Comp. for the nature of the fear, Psalms 6:5 ;...
Psalms 13:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 13:1-6 THIS little psalm begins in agitation, and ends in calm. The waves run high at first, but swiftly sink to rest, and at last lie peacefully glinting in sunshine. It falls into three s...
Psalms 13:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bounty of God and the Folly of Men Psalms 13:1-6 ; Psalms 14:1-7 The first of these psalms evidently dates from the Sauline persecutions, 1 Samuel 19:1 . Four times the persecuted soul cr...
Psalms 13:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This little psalm is very full of beauty as it traces the way by which many a tried and, tempest-tossed soul has found consolation and strength. First of all, there is the cry almost of despair. Foes...
Psalms 13:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is profitable when our complaints lead to prayer. That affliction, be it what it may, which leads to Jesus is blessed. Jesus himself, being in an agony, prayed more earnestly. Oh! how very sweet a...
Psalms 13:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Consider [and] hear me, O Lord my God ,.... The psalmist amidst all his distresses rightly applies to God by prayer, claims his interest in him as his covenant God, which still continued notwithstan...
Psalms 13:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death; Ver. 3. Consider and hear me, O Lord my God ] He turns him to God in this peck of trouble (for they sel...
Psalms 13:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lighten mine eyes Because I find my own counsels insufficient, do thou enlighten my mind, and guide me by thy counsel into the right way of obtaining thy merciful help. Or, he means, Do thou revive...
Psalms 13:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints and Prayers Turned into Praises. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 How long wilt thou fo...
Psalms 13:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lighten mine eyes; either, 1. Because I find my counsel insufficient, Psalms 13:2 , do thou enlighten my mind, and guide me by thy counsel and Spirit into the right way of obtaining thy mercy...
Psalms 13:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Consider, answer me, O YHWH my God: Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I am moved. Yet the situat...
Psalms 13:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “In this psalm we see a servant of God, long and sorely tried by the persecutions of unrelenting enemies, and, as it seems to himself, forgotten and forsaken of God, pouring out the ago...
Psalms 13:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 13:1-2 . How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall m...
Psalms 13:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . This psalm was Israel's plaintive song in the time of trouble. It eased their hearts in captivity, that a bright morning would break, and chase their night away; that God would make da...
Psalms 13:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord? Distress and confidence This little Psalm begins in agitation and ends in calm. However true it is that sorrow is “but for a moment,” it seems to last for...
Psalms 13:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE writer—again, according to the title, David—is reduced almost to utter despair. He has undergone lengthened persecution—the Divine countenance has been turned away from him ( Ps...
Psalms 13:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer for Relief in the Midst of Trouble. David may well apply as a type, so far as his experience during the persecution by Saul is concerned, to the believing sufferer and Christian martyr of...
Psalms 13:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:27 ; 1 Samuel 14:29 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; Ezra 9:8 ; Jeremiah 51:39 ; Jeremiah 51:57 ; Lamentations 5:1 ; Luke 2:32 ; Psalms 119:153 ; Psalms 18:28 ; Psalms 25:19 ; Psalms 31:7 ;...
Psalms 13:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lighten — Revive and comfort, and deliver me from the darkness of death, which is ready to come upon me.

Psalms 13:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 13:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 13:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 13:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 13:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 13:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 13:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 13:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 13:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 13:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 13:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 13:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 13:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 13:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 13:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 13:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes