Psalm 13 Wesley's Notes

◄ Psalm 13 ►

Wesley's Notes on the Bible

<> How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

13:2 How long - Shall I be in such perplexities, not knowing what course to take?

Psalm 13:3

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

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

Psalm 13:4

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Psalm 13:5

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 13:6

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

13:6 I will sing - It is a common thing for David and other prophets to speak of future deliverances as if they were already come, that so they may signify both the infallible certainty of the thing, and their firm assurance thereof.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible by John Wesley [1754-65]

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