Psalms

Psalm 13:3–4

³Consider me and respond, O LORD my God.

Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

⁴lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,”

and my foes rejoice when I fall.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Consider me	הַבִּ֣יטָֽה	hab·bî·ṭāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5027 look
respond	עֲ֭נֵנִי	‘ă·nê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H6030 answer, respond
O LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
my God	אֱלֹהָ֑י	’ĕ·lō·hāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God
Give light	הָאִ֥ירָה	hā·’î·rāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H215 be or become light
to my eyes	עֵ֝ינַ֗י	‘ê·nay	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
lest	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
I sleep	אִישַׁ֥ן	’î·šan	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3462 sleep
in death	הַמָּֽוֶת׃	ham·mā·weṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
lest	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
my enemy	אֹיְבִ֣י	’ō·yə·ḇî	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H341 be hostile to
say	יֹאמַ֣ר	yō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I have overcome him	יְכָלְתִּ֑יו	yə·ḵā·lə·tîw	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
and my foes	צָרַ֥י	ṣā·ray	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6862 narrow, tight
rejoice	יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ	yā·ḡî·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1523 rejoice
when	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I fall	אֶמּֽוֹט׃	’em·mō·wṭ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4131 totter, shake, slip

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 13:3 Ezra 9:8 · Psalm 18:28 · Jeremiah 51:39 · 1 Samuel 14:29 · Psalm 5:1 · 1 Samuel 14:27 · Psalm 9:13 · Psalm 119:153 · Luke 2:32 · Psalm 31:7 · Jeremiah 51:57 · Lamentations 5:1

Psalm 13:4 Psalm 25:2 · Jeremiah 1:19 · Proverbs 12:3 · Psalm 62:6 · Lamentations 1:16 · Psalm 38:16 · Joshua 7:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.