Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You
How long
King James Version
{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?
Holman Bible
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
International Standard Version
How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
A Conservative Version
How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
Amplified
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Bible in Basic English
Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
Darby Translation
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer; chanting of David.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] How long will you forget me, O LORD? forever? how long will you hide your face from me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long will You forget me, O Jehovah? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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 Heart English Bible
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
The Emphasized Bible
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Webster
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?
World English Bible
How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Youngs 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?
Themes
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
veiled Deity » God spoken of as hiding himself
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
Prayer » For miscellaneous topics relating to the devotional life, » Answer delayed
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 13:1
Prayers for Psalm 13:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Deliverance
1 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Cross References
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Psalm 89:46
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long'shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalm 10:12
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
Psalm 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Lamentations 5:20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
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 come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
Psalm 6:3
My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Psalm 22:1-2
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.
Psalm 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalm 80:4
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Psalm 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psalm 90:14
Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalm 94:3-4
Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
Isaiah 59:2
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.