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Psalms 13:3

NETBible	Look at me!¹ Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me,² or else I will die!³
NIV © biblegateway Psa 13:3	Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
NASB © biblegateway Psa 13:3	Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
NLT © biblegateway Psa 13:3	Turn and answer me, O LORD my God! Restore the light to my eyes, or I will die.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 13:3	Take a good look at me, GOD, my God; I want to look life in the eye,
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 13:3	Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 13:3	Consider and answer me, O LORD my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 13:3	Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
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KJV	Consider <05027> (8685) [and] hear <06030> (8798) me, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>_: lighten <0215> (8685) mine eyes <05869>_, lest I sleep <03462> (8799) the [sleep of] death <04194>_;
NASB © biblegateway Psa 13:3	Consider <05027> and answer <06030> me, O LORD <03068> my God <0430> ; Enlighten <0215> my eyes <05869> , or <06435> I will sleep <03462> the sleep of death <04194> ,
LXXM	(12:4) epibleqon <1914> V-AAD-2S eisakouson <1522> V-AAD-2S mou <1473> P-GS kurie <2962> N-VSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM mou <1473> P-GS fwtison <5461> V-AAD-2S touv <3588> T-APM ofyalmouv <3788> N-APM mou <1473> P-GS mhpote <3379> ADV upnwsw {V-AAS-1S} eiv <1519> PREP yanaton <2288> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	Look at <05027> me! Answer <06030> me, O Lord <03068> my God <0430> ! Revive <0215> me <05869> , or else <06435> I will die <04194> <03462> !
HEBREW	twmh <04194> Nsya <03462> Np <06435> ynye <05869> hryah <0215> yhla <0430> hwhy <03068> ynne <06030> hjybh <05027> (13:3) <13:4>

NETBible

Look at me!¹ Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me,² or else I will die!³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “see.”

²tn Heb “Give light [to] my eyes.” The Hiphil of אוּר (’ur), when used elsewhere with “eyes” as object, refers to the law of God giving moral enlightenment (Ps 19:8), to God the creator giving literal eyesight to all people (Prov 29:13), and to God giving encouragement to his people (Ezra 9:8). Here the psalmist pictures himself as being on the verge of death. His eyes are falling shut and, if God does not intervene soon, he will “fall asleep” for good.

³tn Heb “or else I will sleep [in?] the death.” Perhaps the statement is elliptical, “I will sleep [the sleep] of death,” or “I will sleep [with the sleepers in] death.”