Psalms 13:1

‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.'

Once again we are reminded that this is one of the Psalms dedicated to the Choirmaster, and from the Davidic collection.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 13:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? - literally, “until when.” The psalmist breaks out into this cry “in the midst” of his troubles. He had app...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? (a) for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? (a) He decl...
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 )...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

How long... ? . Until when? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Four times repeated is the Figure of speech Anaphora. App-6. forget... face. Fi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. How long, O Jehovah. It is very true that David was so greatly hated by the generality of people, on account of the calumnies and false r...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long wilt thou...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David complaineth of delay in help: he prayeth for preventing grace; he boasteth of divine mercy. To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. Ti...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Psalms 13:1-6 .-The believer's cry to Yahweh, becau...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

PBV 'How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever?' A single question instead of the double one of AV. 'Forget for ever' means 'continue to forge...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How long?... for ever? — Comp. Psalms 74:10 ; Psalms 79:5 ; Psalms 89:46 . The double question in the Authorised Version is unnecessary, though,...
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 peac...
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,...
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. Firs...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Here the Psalmist is represented as crying out under grief of mind, from an apprehension of God's having withdrawn his face. He accompanies...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we keep in view the person of our Lord, whose desertions of the Father for our sins, which he bore, made him eminently distinguished in this in...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SEEMING DESERTION—ITS CAUSE AND CURE ‘How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord?’ Psalms 13:1 I. The sad case of the deserted soul ( Psalms 13:1...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever ?.... When God does not immediately deliver his people from their enemies, or help them out of an aff...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 13:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long wilt thou forget That is, neglect or disregard; me, O Lord? for ever? Shall it be during my whole life? How long wilt thou hide thy fac...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints and Prayers Turned into Praises. To the chief musician....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 13 The occasion of this Psalm was David's deep and long-continued distresses, from which he prays for deliverance. David complaineth to God o...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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 s...
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 Div...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord? Forever? It seemed to David, in the anguish of his spirit during the long period when he was hunted almost like...
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,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 31:17 ; Isaiah 59:2 ; Job 13:24 ; Lamentations 5:20 ; Psalms 10:12 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 22:2 ; Psalms 35:17 ; Psalms 6:3 ; Ps...

¹ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 13:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 13:1