# Psalms 13.1-2
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. 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? 2. How 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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> 3. Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved. (Psalms 13:1-4, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?**
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> 3. Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death; 4. Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall. (Psalms 13:1-4, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? chief: or, overseer 2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?**
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> 3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. (Psalms 13:1-4, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. To the Overseer., A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me?, for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me? 2. Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?**
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> 3. Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death, 4. Lest mine enemy say, 'I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved. (Psalms 13:1-4, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._
- [H3824 - lebab](/codex/h3824-lebab/), *lebab*, Strong's H3824
- [H5315 - nephesh](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), *nephesh*, Strong's H5315
- [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), *YHWH*, Strong's H3068
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.