Psalms 13:3

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;”

— ASV

Ezra 9:8 "Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy plac…"
Psalms 18:28 "For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness."
Jeremiah 51:39 "When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wa…"
Psalms 5:1 "Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation."
1 Samuel 14:29 "Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey."
1 Samuel 14:27 "But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand…"
Lamentations 5:1 "Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach."
Psalms 119:153 "Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law."

lighten mine eyes--dim with weakness, denoting approaching death (compare Sa1 14:27-29; Psa 6:7; Psa 38:10).

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