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    Psalms · 6 verses

    Psalms 13

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    David begins by asking whether the LORD has forgotten him forever, then ends by promising to sing because the LORD has been good to him. The psalm offers no explanation for the turn.

    How long?vv. 1–4

    David is caught in a long stretch of divine silence: the LORD hides His face, sorrow visits his heart each day, and an enemy seems to have the upper hand. He asks for an answer and for light in his eyes, with death imagined as sleep and his enemy already preparing the victory speech.

    Butvv. 5–6

    Then comes the small, formidable hinge: “But.” David says that he has trusted in the LORD’s loving devotion, that his heart will rejoice in salvation, and that he will sing because the LORD has been good to him. What prompted the change is left entirely offstage; the psalm simply opens the door and finds a song on the other side.

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    1. Ps 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

    2. Ps 13:2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

    3. Ps 13:3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

    4. Ps 13:4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

    5. Ps 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

    6. Ps 13:6I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 5Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
    • 1Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
    • 5Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
    • 5Habakkuk 3:18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
    • 1Lamentations 5:20Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
    • 6Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
    • 5Psalms 52:8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
    • 1Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
    • 1Psalms 94:3–4How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
    • 5Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
    • 6Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
    • 5Psalms 33:21–22For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.
    • 5Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
    • 5Psalms 9:14that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
    • 1Psalms 22:1–2For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
    • 51 Samuel 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

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