For the music director; a psalm of David.
13:1 How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? 2
How long will you pay no attention to me? 3
44:24 Why do you look the other way, 4
and ignore 5 the way we are oppressed and mistreated? 6
69:17 Do not ignore 7 your servant,
for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! 8
102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! 9
Listen to me! 10
When I call out to you, quickly answer me!
143:7 Answer me quickly, Lord!
My strength is fading. 11
Do not reject me, 12
or I will join 13 those descending into the grave. 14
59:2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;
your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. 15
1 sn Psalm 13. The psalmist, who is close to death, desperately pleads for God’s deliverance and affirms his trust in God’s faithfulness.
2 tn Heb “will you forget me continually.”
3 tn Heb “will you hide your face from me.”
4 tn Heb “Why do you hide your face?” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
5 tn Or “forget.”
6 tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”
7 tn Heb “do not hide your face from.” The Hebrew idiom “hide the face” can (1) mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
8 tn Or “quickly.”
9 tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).
10 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”
11 tn Heb “my spirit is failing.”
12 tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” (1) can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) can carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
13 tn Heb “I will be equal with.”
14 tn Heb “the pit.” The Hebrew noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit; cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See Ps 28:1.
15 tn Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”