Psalm 13:1-2

Written about this passage

• Bible Verses for a Prodigal Child: Luke 15 From the Father's Side, for the Parent Still Waiting

  Praying for a grown son or daughter? Psalm 13 for the same prayer year after year, Luke 15 read from the father's side, and parents in Scripture who asked.

• Bible Verses for Chronic Pain: Sorrow Every Day, Psalms of the Body, and People in Scripture Who Stayed Hurt

  Pain every day, or a flare tonight? Psalm 13, psalms that name the body, Job's nights, and prayers short enough for a flare.

• How to Get Closer to God When You Feel Distant: Bible Verses and Ways to Pray

  What to do when God feels far away: Psalm 13 to pray as it stands, practices from several traditions, and help if everything is flat.

• Bible Verses for Infertility: How Long, and a Prayer Poured Out at Shiloh

  Psalm 13 for the long wait, Hannah's prayer at Shiloh read closely, the other women in these stories, and what churches actually teach about infertility.

• Bible Verses for Patience: For When You Are on Your Last Nerve

  Out of patience with a wait or with somebody? Psalm 13's four “how long”s, James 5's farmer, Paul on bearing with one another, and where those verses stop.

• Bible Verses for Waiting for a Spouse: How Long, and Whether to Pray for One

  Wanting to be married and not yet? Psalm 13 to pray as it is, whether to pray for a spouse, and Psalm 37:4 in its setting.

• Grief that comes back months later

  Why grief returns in the later months, what Cruse and Marie Curie say about the second year, and a psalm that asks the same question four times over.

• How Do I Know God Is Speaking to Me? What People Mean, How Traditions Test a Sense or a Thought, and Psalm 13 for the Quiet

  A thought that felt too clear, a verse that keeps returning, or only quiet? Psalm 13 for the quiet, and how several traditions test a sense.

• Is Sally a Biblical Name? Sarah Behind It, Her Long Wait, and Psalm 13 for the Question How Long

  Sally comes from Sarah. Where the name comes from, how to say it, Sarah and Hagar in their own right, and Psalm 13 for the question how long.

• Prayer for Families of the Missing After a Flood or Storm: Where to Ask, What Helps, and Psalm 13 for the Wait

  Somebody you love has not been found after the Nepal floods, Typhoon Dujuan or the Java Sea ferry. Where to ask tonight, what helps, and Psalm 13 for the wait.

• Still Rebuilding Two Years After Hurricane Helene: Where Recovery Stands, Help That Is Still Open, and Psalm 13 for the Long Wait

  Two years after Hurricane Helene: dated recovery figures, help still open, and Psalm 13.

• Waiting on God when nothing is happening

  When a wait has no news and no date, and every day looks like the last: Psalm 13 on turning it over alone, every day, and on God seeming to hide.

• Waiting on God's timing when the wait has gone on for years

  A psalm that asks how long four times and does not answer it, for people waiting on a pregnancy, a job or a visa, and the sayings that make it worse.

• When the answer to a prayer is no, or nothing

  You asked for something specific and it did not happen, or nothing came back at all. Psalm 13 is a prayer still waiting for its answer, in the Bible.

• Who in the Bible Had Unanswered Prayers: Hannah, Daniel, Abraham, Elijah, the Syrophoenician Woman and Others, Person by Person

  People in the Bible who asked for years, or were refused: what each asked and what the text records next.