Psalms 13:3
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 13 connects to 10 cross-references. A brief but intense individual lament attributed to David with the repeated question 'How long?' directed at God for apparent forgetfulness and abandonment. The psalm moves through questioning and petition to confident trust and anticipated praise, modeling the typical movement …
Other Translations
Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
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;
Cross References
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of …
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because …
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant …
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest …
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul …
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep …