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Psalms 13:3

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

KJV

Omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt. Non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum. Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum ; linguis suis dolose agebant. Venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum, quorum os maledictione et amaritudine plenum est ; veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem. Contritio et infelicitas in viis eorum, et viam pacis non cognoverunt ; non est timor Dei ante oculos eorum.

Vulgate

πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν, οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός. τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν· ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν, ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει· ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα· σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν· οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.

LXX

Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

ASV

עַד אָ֨נָה אָשִׁ֪ית עֵצ֡וֹת בְּ/נַפְשִׁ֗/י יָג֣וֹן בִּ/לְבָבִ֣/י יוֹמָ֑ם עַד אָ֓נָה יָר֖וּם אֹיְבִ֣/י עָלָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֣נָה
'nh
adverb · 43×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָג֖וֹן
ygvn
noun · 14×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:27 — But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; a
  • 1Sam 14:29 — Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a litt
  • Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a litt
  • Jer 51:39 — In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 51:57 — And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of h
  • Lam 5:1 — Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
  • Luke 2:32 — A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Prov 29:13 — The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
  • Ps 5:1 — Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
  • Ps 9:13 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
  • Ps 9:13 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
  • Ps 18:28 — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
  • Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 21:4 — He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
  • Ps 25:19 — Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
  • Ps 27:7 — Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
  • Ps 31:7 — I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
  • Ps 34:5 — They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
  • Ps 38:16 — For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
  • Ps 54:2 — Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
  • Ps 76:5 — The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
  • Ps 94:17 — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
  • Ps 119:153 — Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.