Psalm 13:3 “Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I…”

Psalm 13:3

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Behold, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

American Standard Version

Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, and heare mee, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I sleepe not in death:

Darby Translation

Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;

Young's Literal Translation

Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Bible in Basic English

Let 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;

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Cross references

“Consider”

Psalm 9:13 Psalm 25:19 Psalm 31:7 Psalm 119:153 Lamentations 5:1

Psalm 9:13 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 25:19 · BSB

Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

Psalm 31:7 · BSB

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

Psalm 119:153 · BSB

Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.

Lamentations 5:1 · BSB

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

“lighten”

Ezra 9:8 Psalm 18:28 1 Samuel 14:29 1 Samuel 14:27 Luke 2:32 Revelation 21:23

Ezra 9:8 · BSB

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

Psalm 18:28 · BSB

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

1 Samuel 14:29 · BSB

“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 14:27 · BSB

Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightene…

Luke 2:32 · BSB

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

Revelation 21:23 · BSB

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

“less”

Jeremiah 51:39 Jeremiah 51:57 Ephesians 5:14

Jeremiah 51:39 · BSB

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:57 · BSB

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

Ephesians 5:14 · BSB

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Also

Psalm 5:1

Psalm 5:1 · BSB

Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

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