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Psalms 13:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 13:6: The speaker's “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully…” contributes testimony, resolve, or self-address to “How long: lament turns toward trust.”
Read It With
- Psalms 13:1–6
Read Psalms 13:6 with 13:1–6. Read alone, “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with…” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 13:1–6, the individual voice carries the movement “How long: lament turns toward trust” as part of “How long: lament turns toward trust.” Its lament form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 13:1–6 opens Psalm 13 with “How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from…” and establishes the individual voice and “How long: lament turns toward trust” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 13:6 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker.
What Remains True
The verse's role is specific—Psalm 13:6 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker. Within that role, Praise remembers concrete divine character and action, gathers many voices, and remains honest about grief rather than demanding one emotional performance. The local movement is “How long: lament turns toward trust.” The unit's reviewed limit is: The turn to trust does not make prolonged anguish a moral failure or impose a timetable for recovery.
How It Can Shape Life
- Keep the movement “How long: lament turns toward trust” in view. Answer “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with…” by naming one concrete gift or act of mercy, sharing gratitude without requiring a grieving person to match your mood. The textual reason is this verse's role: Psalm 13:6 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 13:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 13:1–6
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Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 13:1–6.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 13 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 13:1–6
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