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Psalms 13:1

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HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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  1. Job 13:24Rank 1 from verse 1
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  2. Lamentations 5:20Rank 2 from verse 1
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    20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

  3. Psalms 89:46Rank 3 from verse 1
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    46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  4. Psalms 94:3–4Rank 4 from verse 1
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    3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

    4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  5. Psalms 22:1–2Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

    2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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Psalms 13:1

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

forget

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To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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COMBINED MEANING

hide

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Sense 1: To conceal, keep from sight or knowledge, or lie concealed. Sense 2: As a noun, an animal skin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

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2How 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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