“The psalm's theme, in fact, is clear: it is uttered on the part of David himself when he suffered the effects of the sin with Bathsheba. On falling foul of every harsh, grievous and painful incident on that account, remember, he then identified the sin as the cause, especially on hearing that "the Lord has taken away…”
Diodorus of Tarsus, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALM 13
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1How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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— Psalms 13:1 —
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;