Psalms 13:3

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“Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,”

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BSBPD

“Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 13:3 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 14:27Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:29“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
  3. Ezra 9:8But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
  4. Psalms 5:1Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
  5. Psalms 9:13Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
  6. Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
  7. Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
  8. Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
  9. Psalms 119:153Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
  10. Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
  11. Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
  12. Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
  13. Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  14. Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  15. Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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