Psalms 13 (LSB)

Chapter Text

13:1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How long, O Yahweh? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

13:3 Look and answer me, O Yahweh my God; Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

13:4 Lest my enemy says, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.

13:5 But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

13:6 I will sing to Yahweh, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "choir", "director", "psalm", "david", "long", "yahweh", and "forget". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "choir", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "choir" carries the first interpretive weight. In The LORD as Shepherd, the local focus is trust, covenant mercy, guidance, and worship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "choir" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.