Psalms 13

Do you light my lamp, O you great Prophet of your church, give me a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation, that I may see things in another manner than ever I saw them before. Teach me in the word to hear your voice, and in the Sacrament to discern your body (Psalms 13:3): Lighten my…

Such was Jonah's case: 'I am cast out of your sight' (Jonah 2:4) — that is, he could not get a sight of him; not one smile, not one glance or cast of his countenance, not a beam of comfort, and so thought himself cast out. And so he dealt with David often, and sometimes a long t…

Thus the Psalmist speaks of his love, as if it were unspeakable; Psalm 119:9[reconstructed: 7]. Oh [reconstructed: how love I] thy law! So he expresses a great degree of [reconstructed: hatred] of sin; Psalm 13[reconstructed: 9]:21, 22. Do I not hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee…

It pleases the Lord oftentimes to try, and exercise his people thi way, and make them cry, How long Lord, ho long? Psalm 13. 1, 2. These delayes both upon spiritual and temporal accounts are frequent, and when they befaus, we are too apt to interpret them as denyals and fall int…

Zion said, the Lord has forsaken me and my Lord has forgotten me, q. d. It's in vain to look for such a mercy, God has no regard to us, we are out of his heart and mind, he neither cares for us nor minds what becomes of us. So it was with David, after God had made him such a Pro…

And the Apostle (1 Thessalonians 4:13): I would not have you ignorant concerning those which sleep, that is, concerning those who are dead. Lighten my eyes (says David) [reconstructed: lest] I sleep the sleep of death, or as the Hebrew, Lest I sleep death (Psalms 13:3). And henc…

He endures the vessels of wrath with much long-suffering (Romans 9:22). While the gospel is administered in the world, he is patient toward the men of it — until the saints in heaven and earth are astonished and cry out 'How long?' (Psalm 13:1–2; Revelation 6:10) — and those men…

Because there is not so much as a word of it for the time (so the word is) this greatens, and fills the heart of man, and makes it big to do evil. And not only is the Lord's long suffering mistaken by the ungodly, but even by his own, that should understand him better, and know…

We mind our own interest more than God's honor. 3. A word of promise calls for faith and trust whatever contrariety appears in God's providence, God's word must bear up our hearts, it is as a pawn till the deliverance come: God's mercy is the same still, his word calls for trust…

2. It allays our sorrows, and makes us cheerful in the midst of all difficulties and discouragements. Psalm 13:5: I have trusted in your mercy, my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. So, Psalm 52:8: I am like a green olive tree, for I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ev…

Psalm 6:3. "But you, O Lord, how long?" Psalm 13:1. "How long will you forget me, Lord, forever? how long will you hide your face from me?" So verse 2. "How long shall my enemies triumph over me?"

When Haman's face was covered, he was near execution. Pray with David: lighten my eyes that I sleep not the sleep of death (Psalm 13:3). People who are sick think themselves well because of the haughtiness of their spirits.

Oh therefore keep your heart awake; let the judgments of God on sinners be as an alarm to awaken you. Make that prayer of David (Psalm 13:3): lighten my eyes, that I sleep not the sleep of death. Keep your heart jealous; towards others exercise charity, towards yourself jealousy.

(6.) It is a word of near adherence [⟨ in non-Latin alphabet ⟩] to lean firmly upon any with hope of security (2 Kings 18:5): have you leaned upon this reed? (Hosea 10:13; Psalm 13:6; Psalm 31:7; Deuteronomy 12:10): you shall dwell safely, confidently; it places the soul under t…

Hence there is a holy chiding with God (Psalm 22:2). O my God, I cry in the day time, and you hear not, and in the night season, and am not silent (Psalm 13:1). How long will you forget me, (O Lord) for ever? How long will you hide your face from me?