Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 13:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 13:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 13:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, this verse is a prayer asking God to listen and help him, so he doesn't feel very sad or alone. David is asking God to make him feel better and safe.

Psalms 13:3: Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;

Contradiction with Psalms 121:4

Contradicts with Psalms 13:3 by stating that God does not sleep, while Psalms 13:3 implies a need for God to "consider and hear."

Psalms 121:4: Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:28

Affirms that God does not become weary or require rest, contrasting with the call for attention and action in Psalms 13:3.

Isaiah 40:28: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:8

Suggests that God already knows what is needed, whereas Psalms 13:3 asks for consideration and enlightenment.

Matthew 6:8: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
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