Chapter Text
13:1 To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? --for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
13:2 Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?
13:3 Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
13:4 Lest mine enemy say, `I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.
13:5 And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation.
13:6 I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "light", "overseer", "psalm", "david", "till", "jehovah", "dost", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "overseer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "overseer" 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 "overseer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.