Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
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.
‘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.
PSALM XIII _This Psalm contains the sentiments of an afflicted soul that_ _earnestly desires succour from the Lord. The psalmist complains_ _of delay_, 1-3; _prays for light and comfort, because h...
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 apparently borne them as long as he could. It seemed as if...
Psalms 13 _ 1. How long? Answer me, Jehovah (Psalms 13:1)_ 2. The victory of faith (Psalms 13:5) Psalms 13:1. Four times “How long?” The tria
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 codices...
HOW LONG... ?. Until when? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Four times repeated is the Figure of speech _Anaphora._ App-6. FORGET... FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ See Psalms 9:12; Psalm...
How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me for ever? (R.V.) Feeling, not logic, shapes the sentence, combining two questions into a self-contradictory expression. He is tempted to deny faith's confession ...
A reproachful expostulation in the hour of despair....
_David complaineth of delay in help: he prayeth for preventing grace; he boasteth of divine mercy._ To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. _TITLE._— לדוד מזמור למנצח _lamnatseach mizmor ledavid._ T...
PSALMS 13 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Sorely Tried Believer in Jehovah Expostulates, Entreats, and Ultimately Exults. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 13:1-2, Expostulation; Stanza II., Psalms 13:3-4, Entreaty;...
_HOW LONG WILT THOU FORGET ME, O LORD? FOR EVER? HOW LONG WILT THOU HIDE THY FACE FROM ME?_ Psalms 13:1.-The believer's cry to Yahweh, because of the enemy's exaltation; his daily sorrow, while Yahweh...
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 forget.' The seemingly self-contradictory form of the ques...
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 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
HOW LONG?... FOR EVER? — Comp. Psalms 74:10; Psalms 79:5; Psalms 89:46. The double question in the Authorised Version is unnecessary, though, as M. Renan (_Les Langues Sémitiques,_ 2 § 4) explains, it...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְ דָוִֽד׃ ...
Psalms 13:1 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 strophe...
THE BOUNTY OF GOD AND THE FOLLY OF MEN Psalms 13:1; Psalms 14:1 The first of these psalms evidently dates from the Sauline persecutions, 1 Samuel 19:1. Four times the persecuted soul cries, _How long...
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...
"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 declares that his afflictions lasted a long time, and t...
Fool: the man of the most depraved morals, the atheist and deist. There have always been (Berthier) such pests of society. (Haydock) --- David has refuted them again, Psalm lii. (Berthier) --- Some ha...
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 his prayers with professing faith in God's return,...
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 instance, as well as all others, for the greatness of...
_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).—To the sufferer it was very real and terrible. Compare...
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 reports which had been circulated against him, that almost a...
In Psalms 13 the righteous is reduced to the lowest point of distress as far as evil from men goes. It is as if God had entirely and definitely forgotten him. His enemy was exalted over him, and he ta...
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 affliction; when he does not discover his love, communic...
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? Ver. 1. _How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ev...
_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 face?_ Withdraw thy favour and assistance? _How long s...
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 ev...
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 a wild beast, that the Lord had entirely forsaken...
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 of his delay to help, PSALMS 13:1, and the enemies tri...
Psalms 13:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 David H1732 LORD H3068 forget H7911 (H8799) forever H5331 hide...
Psalms 13:1. _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 mine e...
CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer's desires often turn to impatience, for days seem long when the soul is cast down, but because God's f...
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 darkn...
_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 an e...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 13:1. This is an individual lament. The worshiper is on the verge of despair. ⇐...
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 agony...
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 (Psalms 13:1...
The thirteenth psalm, to the chief musician. Psalm of David. How long will thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will thou hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, havin...
Deuteronomy 31:17; Isaiah 59:2; Job 13:24; Lamentations 5:20;...