Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For the director of music. A psalm of David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? New Living Translation O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? English Standard Version How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Berean Study Bible For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? King James Bible To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? New King James Version To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? New American Standard Bible For the music director. A Psalm of David. How long, LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? NASB 1995 For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? NASB 1977 How long, O LORD? Wilt Thou forget me forever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me? Amplified Bible To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? Christian Standard Bible For the choir director. A psalm of David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Holman Christian Standard Bible For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, how long will You forget me? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? American Standard Version For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Aramaic Bible in Plain English How long will you ignore me, LORD JEHOVAH? Forever? How long will you turn your face from me? Brenton Septuagint Translation For the end, a Psalm of David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me? Contemporary English Version How much longer, LORD, will you forget about me? Will it be forever? How long will you hide? Douay-Rheims Bible Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me? Good News Translation How much longer will you forget me, LORD? Forever? How much longer will you hide yourself from me? International Standard Version How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? JPS Tanakh 1917 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me? Literal Standard Version TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH, Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your face from me? New American Bible For the leader. A psalm of David. NET Bible For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? New Revised Standard Version How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? New Heart English Bible [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? World English Bible How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Young's Literal Translation 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? Additional Translations ... Context How Long, O LORD?1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?… Cross References Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? Psalm 10:1 Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble? Psalm 35:17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions. Psalm 44:24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression? Psalm 79:5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? Psalm 88:14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? Psalm 89:46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? Treasury of Scripture How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you hide your face from me? A. Psalm 6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Psalm 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Psalm 74:1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? forget Psalm 10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Lamentations 5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? wilt thou hide Psalm 22:1,2 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? … Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
(1) How long? . . . for ever?--Comp. Psalm 74:10; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:46. The double question in the Authorised Version is unnecessary, though, as M. Renan (Les Langues Semitiques, 2 ? 4) explains, it shows how ill writing the poet has begun on one plan, and finished on another. (Comp. Psalm 9:3.) Translate, "How long wilt thou continue to forget me?"Verse 1. - How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? God cannot forget, but man often feels as if he were forgotten of him (comp. Psalm 42:9; Psalm 44:24; Lamentations 5:20). David seems to have feared that God had forgotten him "for ever." How long wilt then hide thy face from me! (comp. Psalm 30:7; Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 39:29). The "light of God's countenance" shining on us is the greatest blessing that we know (see Psalm 4:6; Psalm 31:18; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 67:1; Psalm 80:3, 7. etc.). When it is withdrawn, and he "hides his face," we naturally sink into despair. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For the choirmaster.לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent A Psalm מִזְמ֥וֹר (miz·mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4210: Instrumental music, a poem set to notes of David. לְדָוִֽד׃ (lə·ḏā·wiḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse How long, עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while O LORD? יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Will You forget תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי (tiš·kā·ḥê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention me אָ֣נָה (’ā·nāh) Adverb Strong's 575: Where?, whither?, when?, hither and thither forever? נֶ֑צַח (ne·ṣaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity How long עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while will You hide תַּסְתִּ֖יר (tas·tîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal Your face פָּנֶ֣יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face from me? מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Jump to Previous Chief Choirmaster David Director Face Forever Forget Hide Leader Memory Music Musician Music-Maker Overseer Psalm Turned WiltJump to Next Chief Choirmaster David Director Face Forever Forget Hide Leader Memory Music Musician Music-Maker Overseer Psalm Turned WiltLinks Psalm 13:1 NIVPsalm 13:1 NLT Psalm 13:1 ESV Psalm 13:1 NASB Psalm 13:1 KJV Psalm 13:1 BibleApps.com Psalm 13:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 13:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 13:1 French Bible Psalm 13:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 13:1 For the Chief Musician (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
   
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