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Psalm 13
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1How long wilt thou
2How long shall I
3
4Lest mine
5But I have
6I will
Footnotes
- a 13:1 chief…: or, overseer
How Long, O LORD?
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1How long, O LORD?Will You forget me forever?How long will You hide Your face from me? 2How long must I wrestle in my soul,with sorrow in my heart each day?How long will my enemy dominate me?
3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God.Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, 4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,”and my foes rejoice when I fall.
5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion;my heart will rejoice in Your salvation. 6I will sing to the LORD,for He has been good to me.
Opening the translation…
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