Psalms 13:3

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Psalms 13:3

Consider and heare me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleepe of death.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Consider {and} answer me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the {sleep of} death,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Consider `and' answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the `sleep of' death;
- American Standard Version (1901)

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;
- Basic English Bible

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

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

They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they acted deceitfully; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways: and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Consider and answer me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- English Revised Version

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Psalms 13:3

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 13:3


13:3 Lighten - Revive and comfort, and deliver me from the darkness of death, which is ready to come upon me.


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