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Psalm Thirteen – Translation of the Song

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13,1 For the Leader. A Song by David. 13,2 How long, ADONAI, will You forget me? Eternally? How long will You hide Your face from me? 13,3 How long will I seek counsel in my soul, grief in my heart all day long? How long will my enemy be raised up over me? 13,4 Watch over and answer me, …

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Literary Analysis of Psalm 13

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 Click here to read “Psalm Thirteen– Translation of the Song” The singer’s anguish in Song 13 is so acute that the four repetitions of “how long” in verses 2 and 3 sound a scream rather than a lament. The source of the singer’s grief is the seeming absence of God — “How long, ADONAI, will …

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