E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 13:5
trusted = confided. Hebrew. batah. App-69 . mercy = lovingkindness, or grace. read more
Psalm 13
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 13:6
dealt bountifully with = compensated. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 13:1
PSALM 13YEARNING FOR HELP FROM GOD (FOR THE CHIEF MUSICIAN; A PSALM OF DAVID).The social situation reflected in this psalm is apparently the same as it was in Psalms 12. In fact, Delitzsch suggested that fact as the reason why the two psalms appear side by side in the Psalter.[1] The title we have selected is taken from Leupold.[2]What we have here is five lines of lament (Psalms 13:1-2), four lines of prayer (Psalms 13:3-5a), and three lines of rejoicing (Psalms 13:5b-6).THE FIVE LINES OF... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 13:3
THE FOUR LINES OF PRAYER"Consider and answer me, O Jehovah, my God:Lighten mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death;Lest mine enemy say; I have prevailed against him;Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am removed."These lines tell how the distressed psalmist turned to God in prayer, the last resource and the first, of every child of God. "Take it to the Lord in prayer." Right there is the answer, the ultimate answer, the only answer to all the problems associated with our earthly... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 13:5
THE THREE LINES OF REJOICING"But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness;My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.I will sing unto Jehovah, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."Here, "The storm has rolled away."[8] What ever thoughts of fear, doubt and depression had lain him low, he is now back in the land of faith and confidence in the Lord. What a joyful change! Such is always the result of prayer; and in that light, one cannot help wondering why the children of the loving Father are... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 13:1
Psalms 13:0. David complaineth of delay in help: he prayeth for preventing grace; he boasteth of divine mercy. To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. Title.— לדוד מזמור למנצח lamnatseach mizmor ledavid. This psalm was written by David, when, as Theodoret thinks, he was greatly distressed by his rebellious son Absalom. In the first four verses he represents his danger, and prays for deliverance: in the last, he expresses his assurance of obtaining it. The Arabic title of this Psalm is... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 13:2
Psalms 13:2. How long shall I take counsel, &c.— Or, according to the original, revolve divers thoughts in my mind? as persons do who are reduced to the last extremity, and very anxious and uncertain what resolutions to take. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 13:3
Psalms 13:3. Lighten mine eyes— The meaning of this phrase may perhaps be best judged of by Jonathan's speech, 1Sa 14:29 for he, being very hungry and ready to faint, dipped his rod in an honeycomb, and ate of it; and the text saith, his eyes were enlightened; i.e. he was refreshed by it. But this enlightening of the eyes may, by an easy metaphor, be applied to the political state. When in any time of affliction, expressed frequently by darkness and gloominess, a person is relieved and... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 13
PSALM 13 :-. On title, see :-. The Psalmist, mourning God's absence and the triumph of his enemies, prays for relief before he is totally destroyed, and is encouraged to hope his trust will not be in vain. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 13:3
hear = answer. Lighten mine eyes = Revive me. sleep the sleep of death = sleep my last sleep. Hebrew Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . read more