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A Feeling, Not a Fact
Commentators explain that the feeling of being forgotten by God is a real and painful human experience, but it does not reflect theological reality. Scholars like John Gill clarify that God never actually forgets His people. The psalmist's cry comes from a place of deep anguish and a feeling of despair after prolonged suffering, not from a factual abandonment by God.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 13:1
18th Century
Theologian
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? - literally, “until when.” The psalmist breaks out into this cry in the midst of his troubles…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 13:1
19th Century
Bishop
How long? ... for ever? —Compare Psalms 74:10; Psalms 79:5; Psalms 89:46. The double questi…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 13:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
When you and I have to spread our complaints before God, we are not the first who have done so. When we complain of God's forsaking us, we are not …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 13:1
16th Century
Theologian
How long, O Jehovah. It is very true that David was so greatly hated by most people, because of the slanders and false reports that had be…
John Gill
On Psalms 13:1
17th Century
Pastor
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever ?
&c.] When God does not immediately deliver his people from their en…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 13:1
17th Century
Minister
God sometimes hides His face and leaves His own children in the dark concerning their assurance of belonging to Him: and this they take to heart mo…