1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me? 2 How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me? 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; 4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved. 5 But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation. 6 I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (6)
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- 1 Job 13:24; Lamentations 5:20; Psalm 89:46; Psalm 94:3–4; Psalm 22:1–2
- 2 Micah 7:8–10; Jeremiah 8:18; Jeremiah 15:18; Proverbs 15:13; Psalm 143:3–4
- 3 Ezra 9:8; Psalm 18:28; Jeremiah 51:39; Psalm 5:1; 1 Samuel 14:29
- 4 Psalm 25:2; Jeremiah 1:19; Proverbs 12:3; Psalm 62:6; Lamentations 1:16
- 5 Isaiah 12:2; Jude 21; Habakkuk 3:18; Psalm 52:8; Psalm 119:81
- 6 Psalm 116:7; Psalm 21:13; Psalm 119:7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
It has been said on the sixth Psalm, that "the eighth" may be taken as the day of judgment. "For the eighth" may also be taken "for the eternal age;" for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be given to the Saints.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… things, the prophet betakes him to praying to God; yet even the very prayer is prophecy: "How long, Lord, dost Thou turn away in the end?" "Thy face" is understood, as it is elsewhere said, "How long dost Thou turn away Thy face from me?" For therefore some copies have here not "dost," but "wilt Thou turn away;" although it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… need not a physician, but they that are in evil case." Let the halt come who may say to Him, "Set in order my steps in Thy paths." Let the blind come who may say, "Enlighten mine eyes, that I may never sleep in death." Such as these came at the hour, when those who had been first invited, had …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For not without reason is it said, "Enlighten mine eyes, lest at any time I sleep in death." They that shut their eyes against charity, fall asleep in the lusts of carnal delights.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)