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Psalms 13

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  David complains of delay.
3  He prays for preventing grace.
5  He boasts of divine mercy.

Verse 1

How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
A. M. 3464. B.C. 540. (Title.) chief. or, overseer
How
6:3, 35:17, 74:1, 80:4, 85:5, 89:46, 90:14, 94:3,4
forget
10:12, Lamentations 5:20
wilt thou hide
22:1,2, Deuteronomy 31:17, Job 13:24, Isaiah 59:2

Verse 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?
take
77:2-12, 94:18,19, 142:4-7, Job 7:12-15, 9:19-21,27,28, 10:15, Job 23:8-10, Jeremiah 15:18
sorrow
38:17, 116:3, Nehemiah 2:2, Proverbs 15:13, Ecclesiastes 5:17, Jeremiah 8:18, 45:3, Matthew 26:38, John 16:6, Romans 9:2, Philippians 2:27
enemy
7:2,4,5, 8:2, 9:6, 10:18, 17:9, 74:10,18, 1 Samuel 18:29, 24:19, Esther 7:6, Lamentations 1:9, Micah 7:8-10
exalted
22:7,8, 31:18, 42:10, 44:14-16, 123:3,4, 143:3,4, Lamentations 1:5, Luke 22:53

Verse 3

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Consider
9:13, 25:19, 31:7, 119:153, Lamentations 5:1
lighten
18:28, 1 Samuel 14:27,29, Ezra 9:8, Luke 2:32, Revelation 21:23
less
Jeremiah 51:39,57, Ephesians 5:14

Verse 4

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Lest
10:11, 25:2, 35:19,25, 38:16, Joshua 7:9, Ezekiel 35:12-15
I have
9:19, Jeremiah 1:19, Lamentations 1:16
when
55:22, 62:2,6, 112:6, 121:1-3, Proverbs 12:3

Verse 5

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
But
32:10, 33:18,21,22, 36:7, 52:8, 147:11, Isaiah 12:2, Jude 1:21
my heart
9:14, 43:4,5, 51:12, 119:81, 1 Samuel 2:1, Habakkuk 3:18, Luke 1:47, 2:20

Verse 6

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
I
21:13
he
116:7, 119:7

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