Psalm 13 (KJV)

The text, King James Version

1. 1How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2. 2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3. 3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4. 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5. 5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
6. 6I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Summary of the chapter

From Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.

The psalmist complains that God had long withdrawn. He earnestly prays for comfort. He assures himself of an answer of peace. --God sometimes hides his face, and leaves his own children in the dark concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any outward trouble whatever. But anxious cares are heavy burdens with which believers often load themselves more than they need. The bread of sorrows is sometimes the saint's daily bread; our Master himself was a man of sorrows.…