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Psalms 13:3

Psalms 13:3
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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 notwithstanding…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Consider and hear me - literally, “Look, hear me.” God had seemed to avert his face as if he would not even look upon him Psa 13:1; and the psalmist now prays that he “would” look upon him - that he…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 13:1-6

David, in affliction, is here pouring out his soul before God; his address is short, but the method is very observable, and of use for direction and encouragement.

I. His troubles extort complaints…