诗篇 13:3-5 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 13:1-6

David, in affliction, is here pouring out his soul before God; his address is short, but the method is very observable, and of use for direction and encouragement. I. His troubles extort complaints (Ps. 13:1, 2); and the afflicted have liberty to pour out their complaint before the Lord, Ps. 102:1 title. It is some ease to a troubled spirit to give vent to its griefs, especially to give vent to them at the throne of grace, where we are sure to find one who is afflicted in the afflictions of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 13:3

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God ,.... The psalmist amidst all his distresses rightly applies to God by prayer, claims his interest in him as his covenant God, which still continued notwithstanding all his darkness, desertions, and afflictions; and entreats him to "consider" his affliction and trouble, and deliver him out of it; to consider his enemies, how many and mighty they were; and his own weakness his frame, that he was but dust, and unable to stand against them: or to "look" ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 13:4

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him ,.... Which is an argument God takes notice of; and for which reason he does not give up his people into the hands of their enemies; see Deuteronomy 32:27 . The Chaldee paraphrase interprets this of the evil imagination or corruption of nature, and represents it as a person, as the Apostle Paul does in Romans 7:15 ; and which may be said to prevail, when it pushes on to sin, and hinders doing good, and carries captive; and it may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 13:5

But I have trusted in thy mercy ,.... The faith, hope, and comfort of the psalmist grew and increased by prayer; from complaining he goes to praying, from praying to believing; he trusted not in himself, not in his own heart, nor in his own righteousness and merits, but in the mercy of God; and not in the bare absolute mercy of God, but in the grace and goodness of God, as the word F24 בחסדך "in bonitate tua", Vatablus; "in benignitate tua", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:3

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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:4

Let mine enemy say - Satan's ordinary method in temptation is to excite strongly to sin, to blind the understanding and inflame the passions; and when he succeeds, he triumphs by insults and reproaches. None so ready then to tell the poor soul how deeply, disgracefully, and ungratefully it has sinned! Reader, take heed. When I am moved - When moved from my steadfastness and overcome by sin. O what desolation is made by the fall of a righteous soul! Itself covered with darkness and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:5

But I have trusted in thy mercy - Thou wilt not suffer me to fall; or if I have fallen, wilt thou not, for his sake who died for sinners, once more lift up the light of thy countenance upon me? Wilt thou not cover my sin? My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation - There is no true joy but of the heart; and the heart cannot rejoice till all guilt is taken away from the conscience. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:3

Verse 3 3.Look upon me, answer me. As when God does not promptly afford assistance to his servants, it seems to the eye of sense that he does not behold their necessities, David, for this reason, asks God, in the first place, to look upon him, and, in the second place, to succor him. Neither of these things, it is true, is prior or posterior in respect of God; but it has been already stated in a preceding psalm, and we will have occasion afterwards frequently to repeat the statement, that the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:4

Verse 4 4.Lest my enemy. David again repeats what he had a little before said concerning the pride of his enemies, namely, how it would be a thing ill becoming the character of God were he to abandon his servant to the mockery of the ungodly. David’s enemies lay, as it were, in ambush watching the hour of his ruin, that they might deride him when they saw him fall. And as it is the peculiar office of God to repress the audacity and insolence of the wicked, as often as they glory in their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:5

Verse 5 The Psalmist does not as yet feel how much he has profited by praying; but depending upon the hope of deliverance, which the faithful promise of God enabled him to entertain, he makes use of this hope as a shield to repel those temptations with the terror of which he might be greatly distressed. Although, therefore, he is severely afflicted, and a multiplicity of cares urge him to despair, he, notwithstanding, declares it to be his resolution to continue firm in his reliance upon the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 13:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 13:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 13:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 13:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 13:5

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