Psalms 13 · Verse 3

Psalms 13:3

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Psalms 13:3, King James Version

Psalms 13:3 in other translations

BSBConsider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
WEBBehold, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
ASVConsider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
YLTLook attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
DARBYConsider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
BBELet my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
WebsterConsider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

What does Psalms 13:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. lighten mine eyes--dim with weakness, denoting approaching death (compare 1Sa 14:27-29; Psa 6:7; 38:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Consider and hear me - Rather, answer me. I have prayed; I am seeking thy face I am lost without thee; I am in darkness; my life draws nigh to destruction; if I die unforgiven, I die eternally. O Lord my God, consider this; hear and answer, for thy name's sake.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 13:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַבִּ֣יטָֽהha.Bi.tahpay attention !H5027
עֲ֭נֵנִי'A.ne.nianswer meH6030
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiGod myH430
הָאִ֥ירָהha.'I.rahgive light to !H215
עֵ֝ינַ֗י'ei.Naieyes myH5869
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
אִישַׁ֥ן'i.ShanI should sleepH3462
הַמָּֽוֶת\׃ha.Ma.vetthe deathH4194

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 13:3

  • Ezra 9:8

    And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

  • Psalms 18:28

    For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

  • Jeremiah 51:39

    In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 5:1

    To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

  • 1 Samuel 14:29

    Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

  • 1 Samuel 14:27

    But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

  • Jeremiah 51:57

    And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 25:19

    Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Psalms 31:7

    I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • Lamentations 5:1

    Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

  • Psalms 9:13

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

  • Luke 2:32

    A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Consider.
9:13; 25:19; 31:7; 119:153; La 5:1
lighten.
18:28; 1Sa 14:27,29; Ezr 9:8; Lu 2:32; Re 21:23
less.
Jer 51:39,57; Eph 5:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 13:2

    How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Psalms 13:3

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

  • Psalms 13:4

    Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

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Psalms 13:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mira, óyeme, Jehová Dios mío: alumbra mis ojos, porque no duerma en muerte;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jusques à quand consulterai -je dans mon âme, avec chagrin dans mon cœur, tous les jours? Jusques à quand mon ennemi s’élèvera-t-il par-dessus moi?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Schaue her, antworte mir, Jehova, mein Gott! erleuchte meine Augen, daß ich nicht entschlafe zum Tode,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt. Non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum. Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant. Venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum, quorum os maledictione et amaritudine plenum est; veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem. Contritio et infelicitas in viis eorum, et viam pacis non cognoverunt; non est timor Dei ante oculos eorum.