Psalms 13:3 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 13:3

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

BSB

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ASV

Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

KJV

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 13:135-37 (253)

Is God a light to enlighten the eyes of the body or the eyes of the intellect? The prophet says of the latter, "Enlighten my eyes lest I sleep in death." I think it is clear to everyone that we would not say that God performs the work of the sun and assigns to another the task of enlightening the eyes of those who will not sleep in death. God, therefore, enlightens the mind of those whom he judges to be worthy of personal enlightenment.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We should never allow ourselves to make any complaints but what are fit to be offered up to God and what drive us to our knees. What his petitions are: Consider my case, hear my complaints, and enlighten my eyes, that is, (1.) "Strengthen my faith;" for faith is the eye of the soul, with which it sees above, and sees through, the things of sense.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

But now prayer lifteth up her voice, like the watchman who proclaims the daybreak. Now will the tide turn, and the weeper shall dry his eyes. The mercy-seat is the life of hope and the death of despair. The gloomy thought of God's having forsaken him is still upon the psalmist's soul, and he therefore cries, "Consider and hear me." He remembers at once the root of his woe, and cries aloud that it may be removed. The final absence of God is Tophet's fire, and his temporary absence brings his people into the very suburbs of hell.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַבִּ֣יטָֽה	ha.Bi.tah	pay attention !	H5027 →
עֲ֭נֵנִי	'A.ne.ni	answer me	H6030 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֑י	'e.lo.Hai	God my	H430 →
הָאִ֥ירָה	ha.'I.rah	give light to !	H215 →
עֵ֝ינַ֗י	'ei.Nai	eyes my	H5869 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
אִישַׁ֥ן	'i.Shan	I should sleep	H3462 →
הַמָּֽוֶת׃	ha.Ma.vet	the death	H4194 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 18:28
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:29
  For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
- Job 29:3
  when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- Isaiah 42:16
  I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
- Matthew 4:16
  the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
Psalms 5:1
Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
leads to
- 1 John 5:14–15
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Psalms 54:2
  Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
- Psalms 19:14
  May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms