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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Psalms 13:1

How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Deity, Veiled;   Delays, Divine;   Divine;   God;   Hidden, God;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Prayer;   Tests, Spiritual;   Trial Prolonged;   Trials;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Suffering;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Face;   Presence of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Vine;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Betimes;   Face;   Forget;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 11;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me?
Hebrew Names Version
<> How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
King James Version
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
English Standard Version

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
New Century Version

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

How long will you forget me, Lord ? Forever? How long will you hide from me?
New English Translation

For the music director; a psalm of David.

How long, Lord , will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
Amplified Bible
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
New American Standard Bible
How long, LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
World English Bible
<> How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Geneva Bible (1587)
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Legacy Standard Bible
How long, O Yahweh? Will You forget me forever?How long will You hide Your face from me?
Berean Standard Bible
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Contemporary English Version

(A psalm by David for the music leader.)

How much longer, Lord , will you forget about me? Will it be forever? How long will you hide?
Complete Jewish Bible
For the leader. A psalm of David:
Darby Translation

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Easy-to-Read Version

To the director: A song of David.

How long will you forget me, Lord ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you refuse to accept me?
George Lamsa Translation
HOW long, O LORD, wilt thou forsake me? For ever? How long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?
Good News Translation
How much longer will you forget me, Lord ? Forever? How much longer will you hide yourself from me?
Lexham English Bible

For the music director. A psalm of David.

How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Literal Translation
To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. Until when will You forget me, O Jehovah? Forever? Until when will You hide Your face from me?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How longe wilt thou forget me, o LORDE? for euer? how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me?
American Standard Version

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Bible in Basic English
Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
King James Version (1611)
[To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme of Dauid.] How long wilt thou forget mee (O Lord) for euer? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe long wylt thou forget me O God, for euer? howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?
English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The title of the twelfthe salm. To the victorie of Dauid.
Update Bible Version
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Yahweh? will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Webster's Bible Translation
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?
New King James Version
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
New Living Translation

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O Lord , how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?
New Life Bible
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
New Revised Standard

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(12-1) Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
Revised Standard Version
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
THE MESSAGE
A David Psalm Long enough, God — you've ignored me long enough. I've looked at the back of your head long enough. Long enough I've carried this ton of trouble, lived with a stomach full of pain. Long enough my arrogant enemies have looked down their noses at me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord ? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Contextual Overview

1 How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me? 3 Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God, - Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death: 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter. 5 But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation: 6 I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3464, bc 540 - Title chief. or, overseer.

How: Psalms 6:3, Psalms 35:17, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 80:4, Psalms 85:5, Psalms 89:46, Psalms 90:14, Psalms 94:3, Psalms 94:4

forget: Psalms 10:12, Lamentations 5:20

wilt thou hide: Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:2, Deuteronomy 31:17, Job 13:24, Isaiah 59:2

Reciprocal: Job 7:19 - How long Job 19:2 - How long Job 23:8 - General Job 34:29 - when he hideth Psalms 22:11 - Be not Psalms 27:9 - Hide Psalms 30:7 - thou Psalms 42:9 - Why hast Psalms 44:24 - Wherefore Psalms 55:2 - I mourn Psalms 69:3 - I am Psalms 69:17 - hide Psalms 70:5 - O Lord Psalms 74:10 - General Psalms 74:23 - Forget Psalms 77:7 - the Lord Psalms 79:5 - How long Psalms 88:14 - hidest Psalms 102:2 - Hide Psalms 139:6 - knowledge Psalms 143:7 - Hear me Isaiah 26:8 - desire Isaiah 49:14 - my Lord Isaiah 54:8 - I hid Jeremiah 15:18 - my pain Habakkuk 1:2 - how Matthew 5:4 - General Luke 18:7 - though Revelation 6:10 - How

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me, - if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham brake up from thence, towards the land of the South, and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur, so he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 21:33
Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, - and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.
Joshua 10:40
So Joshua smote all the land - the hill country, and the south, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings, he left not a survivor, - but, every breathing thing, devoted he to destruction, as Yahweh, God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua 18:5
So shall they apportion it for themselves into seven parts, - Let, Judah, stay upon his boundary, on the south, and, the house of Joseph, stay upon their boundary, on the north,
1 Samuel 27:10
Then said Achish, Whither have ye made a raid, to-day? And David said - Against the South of Judah, or against the South of the Jerahmeelites, or as far as the South of the Kenites.
2 Samuel 24:7
and entered the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites, - and they went out to the South of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.

Gill's Notes on the 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 affliction; when he does not discover his love, communicate his grace, apply the blessings and promises of his covenant as usual; and when he does not visit them in his usual manner, and so frequently as he has formerly done, they are ready to conclude he has forgotten them; and sometimes this continues long, and then they fear they are forgotten for ever; and this they cannot bear, and therefore expostulate with God in a querulous manner, as the psalmist does here; but this is to be understood not in reality, but in their own apprehension, and in the opinion of their enemies; God never does nor can forget his people; oblivion does not fall upon him with respect to common persons and things; and much less with respect to his own dear children, for whom a special book of remembrance is written;

:-;

how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? his love, and the manifestation of it, from his person; his gracious presence, the light of his smiling countenance, which sometimes God hides or withdraws from his people by way of resentment of their unbecoming carriage to him; and which is very distressing to them, for they are apt to imagine it is in wrath and hot displeasure, when he still loves them, and will with everlasting kindness have mercy on them; see Isaiah 8:17. The Targum renders it, "the glory of thy face".

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 apparently borne them as long as he could. It seemed as if they would never come to an end. We may presume that he had been patient and uncomplaining; that he had borne his trials long with the hope and belief that they would soon terminate; that he had waited patiently for deliverance, uttering no words of complaint; but now he begins to despair. He feels that his troubles will never end. He sees no prospect of deliverance; no signs or tokens that God would interpose; and he breaks out, therefore, in this language of tender complaint, as if he was utterly forsaken, and would be forever. The mind, even of a good man, is not unfrequently in this condition. He is borne down with troubles. He has no disposition to murmur or complain. He bears all patiently and long. He hopes for relief. He looks for it. But relief does not come; and it seems now that his troubles never will terminate. The darkness deepens; his mind is overwhelmed; he goes to God, and asks - not with complaining or murmuring, but with feelings bordering on despair - whether these troubles never will cease; whether he may never hope for deliverance.

Forever? - He had been forgotten so long, and there appeared to be so little prospect of deliverance, that it seemed as if God never would return and visit him with mercy. The expression denotes a state of mind on the verge of despair.

How long - Referring to a second aspect or phase of his troubles. The first was, that he seemed to be “forgotten.” The second referred to here is, that God seemed to hide his face from him, and he asked how long this was to continue.

Wilt thou hide thy face from me - Favour - friendship - is shown by turning the face benignantly toward one; by smiling upon him; in Scriptural language, by “lifting up the light of the countenance” upon one. See the note at Psalms 4:6. Aversion, hatred, displeasure, are shown by turning away the countenance. God seemed to the psalmist thus to show marks of displeasure toward him, and he earnestly asks how long this was to continue.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 he finds himself on the

brink of death, 3;

dreads the revilings of his enemies, 4;

anticipates a favourable answer, and promises thanksgiving,

5, 6.


NOTES ON PSALM XIII

There is nothing particular in the inscription. The Psalm is supposed to have been written during the captivity, and to contain the prayers and supplications of the distressed Israelites, worn out with their long and oppressive bondage.

Verse Psalms 13:1. How long wilt thou forget me — The words עד אנה ad anah, to what length, to what time, translated here how long? are four times repeated in the two first verses, and point out at once great dejection and extreme earnestness of soul.

Hide thy face from me? — How long shall I be destitute of a clear sense of thy approbation?


 
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