# Psalms 13.5 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 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. > > **5. But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.** > > 6. I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psalms 13:3-6, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 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. > > **5. But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.** > > 6. I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me. (Psalms 13:3-6, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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. > > **5. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.** > > 6. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psalms 13:3-6, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 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. > > **5. And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation.** > > 6. I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me! (Psalms 13:3-6, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous) - **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion) - **Location:** Israel, various periods - **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words - [H2617 - hesed](/codex/h2617-hesed/), *hesed* (Strong's H2617). Also appears in: [Genesis 19](/codex/genesis-19/), [Exodus 20.1-17](/codex/exodus-20-1-17/), [Exodus 34.5-6](/codex/exodus-34-5-6/). - [H3820 - lev](/codex/h3820-lev/), *lev* (Strong's H3820). Also appears in: [Genesis 6.5](/codex/genesis-6-5/), [Genesis 6](/codex/genesis-6/), [Genesis 18.1-15](/codex/genesis-18-1-15/). ## 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. ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H3824 - lebab](/codex/h3824-lebab/)