Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your 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?
A Conservative Version
How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
American Standard Version
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt 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? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?
Cross References
Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
Psalm 89:46
How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?
Psalm 10:12
Rise up, LORD! Raise your hand, God. Don't forget the afflicted!
Psalm 44:24
Why are you hiding your face? Why are you ignoring our affliction and oppression?
Lamentations 5:20
So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long?
Deuteronomy 31:17
When that happens, my anger will burn against them, because they will have abandoned me. I'll hide my face from them, they will be consumed, and many evils and distresses will find them. When this happens, they will say, "These troubles have happened to us because God isn't among us.'
Psalm 6:3
And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?
Psalm 22:1-2
My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?
Psalm 35:17
LORD, how long will you just watch? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from these young lions.
Psalm 74:1
Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.
Psalm 80:4
LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?
Psalm 85:5
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger from generation to generation?
Psalm 90:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your gracious love so we may sing for joy and rejoice every day.
Psalm 94:3-4
How long will the wicked, LORD, how long will the wicked continue to triumph?
Isaiah 59:2
Instead, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you so that he won't listen.