KJV King James Version
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?
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Psalm 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?
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BSB 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?
WEB World English Bible
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
ASV 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?
YLT 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?
Surrounding context — Psalm 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?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
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Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?Lamentations 5:20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?Psalm 89:46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?Psalm 94:3-4LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?Psalm 22:1-2To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?Psalm 80:4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?Psalm 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Psalm 6:3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?Psalm 35:17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.Psalm 74:1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?Psalm 10:12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.Psalm 85:5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear.Psalm 90:14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among us?
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