Psalms 13:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Ps 94:3-4 : 3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? 4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
Lam 5:20 : 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Ps 6:3 : 3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Ps 10:12 : 12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
Ps 44:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ps 74:1 : 1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 80:4 : 4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Ps 85:5 : 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Ps 22:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 35:17 : 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.
Deut 31:17 : 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?
Isa 59:2 : 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.
Ps 90:14 : 14 Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 13:2-3
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2How 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?
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Ps 89:46
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46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Lam 5:20
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20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Ps 88:13-14
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80%
13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Job 13:24
80%
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Ps 44:23-24
2 verses
79%
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ps 42:9
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9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 77:7-9
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77%
7Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
8Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore?
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Ps 10:1
77%
1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 6:3
77%
3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Ps 27:8-9
2 verses
77%
8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Ps 143:7
77%
7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Ps 79:5
77%
5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Job 14:13
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13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Ps 74:10
77%
10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Ps 90:13
76%
13Return, O Jehovah; How long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Job 7:19
76%
19How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Ps 69:17
76%
17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Ps 43:2
76%
2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 22:1
76%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 74:1
75%
1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 10:11-12
2 verses
75%
11He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
Ps 102:2
75%
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Ps 80:4
75%
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74%
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Ps 39:12-13
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74%
12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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Ps 130:1
74%
1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.
Ps 38:21
74%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 143:3-4
2 verses
73%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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Isa 49:14
73%
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Ps 141:1
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Ps 9:13
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Ps 25:16
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Ps 42:3
73%
3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Jer 15:18
73%
18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
Jer 15:15
72%
15O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.
Ps 55:1
72%
1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.
Ps 35:22
72%
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Ps 31:9
72%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.