Psalms 13:1-2
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 13
44 songs meet this passage
Nineteen · Tegan and Sara
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The repeated farewell carries the same raw grief of loss and sorrow that the psalmist voices, without yet resolving into hope.
“So why send oppression not blessings?”
Ultralight Beam · Kanye West
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This is the Psalmist's own honest complaint, asking how long God will hide his face, voiced here as real lament rather than rejection of God.
Where Do We Go? · ODIE
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The psalmist's raw 'how long?' mirrors this song's restless 'where do we go?' Both name the ache of a world that feels cold and ask honestly whether a way forward exists.
“Is there nothing you can say?”
Given Up (Third Encore Session) · LINKIN PARK
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The psalmist's 'how long' is the same desperate plea into apparent silence, a cry that itself is a form of faith even when unanswered.
“Just tell me are you happier?”
Treehouse · Derek Pope
strains against Psalms 13:1-2
Unlike the psalm's lament that eventually turns to trust, this closing question hangs unresolved with no turn toward hope.
“Medication for the kids with no reason to live”
Young · Hollywood Undead
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This is lament language, naming real despair without pretending it isn't there, much like the psalmist's raw cry.
“I don't wanna think of suicide”
Heavenly Father · Isaiah Rashad
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The psalmist's 'how long will you forget me' is the same raw ache voiced here, lament without pretense.
“I'm finding my faith”
Beautiful Things · Benson Boone
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Like the psalmist's restless questioning, the singer's anxious waiting for good things to end mirrors an honest, unresolved wrestling with trust.
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (Instrumental) · Taylor Swift
strains against Psalms 13:1-2
The psalmist brings hidden anguish directly to God and waits for an answer. Swift keeps the anguish hidden from everyone, including any sense of an audience beyond the crowd. The lament is real; the direction it faces is different.
“Why, why, why in the hell”
Lies Lies Lies · Morgan Wallen
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The raw, repeated questioning of his own heart has the same anguished honesty as the psalmist's cry, though here it stops short of turning anywhere for relief.
“I'm someone you've never met”
back to friends · sombr
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The raw ache of feeling erased or unseen after real vulnerability mirrors the psalmist's cry of abandonment and confusion.
undressed · sombr
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The raw ache of watching someone move on while you're still stuck mirrors the psalmist's unguarded cry of sorrow and feeling forgotten.
Stick Season · Noah Kahan
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The doubt and ache for relief mirror the psalmist's own unresolved cry, grief given voice rather than hidden.
“how I just hate you”
Something in the Orange · Zach Bryan
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The contradictory ache of love curdling into anger mirrors the psalmist's raw, unfiltered cry of anguish before God.
“I think about the end just way too much”
Ride · twenty one pilots
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The psalmist, like the narrator, admits to a mind preoccupied with sorrow and mortality without pretending otherwise.
“I know you cross the bridge that I can't follow”
Ghost · Justin Bieber
strains against Psalms 13:1-2
Unlike the psalmist who takes his lament directly to God, this line stays turned toward the lost person alone, with no one to call out to.
“We been hurt, been down before, nigga”
Alright · Kendrick Lamar
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This is lament in the Psalter's tradition: naming real suffering and asking where help will come from, rather than pretending it isn't there.
“Right now I'm losing bad”
Even If · MercyMe
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The raw admission of present defeat mirrors the psalmist's unguarded cry of 'how long, O Lord.'
“Sometimes I wonder, is He faithful?”
Yes He Can · CAIN
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Opens with the same raw questioning of God's presence found in the lament psalms, giving voice to doubt without shame.
“Pleaded with Jesus, all of this grievin”
Deep End · Lecrae
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
Raw, unfiltered pleading with God in grief is the same posture as this ancient lament, not a departure from faith.
“Well, maybe there's a God above”
Hallelujah · Leonard Cohen
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The uncertain, aching tone mirrors the psalmist's own honest doubt before God, not denial but weary searching.
Trees · twenty one pilots
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The ache of God's apparent silence despite nearness is the same cry as 'How long, O Lord, will you forget me?'
“Lord, what you're doing to me”
Somebody To Love · Queen
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This is the Psalter's own language: an honest, almost accusing question to God in the middle of suffering, not a polished prayer.
“Where do we go now?”
Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
strains against Psalms 13:1-2
The repeated searching question lacks the Psalmist's direction toward God; it lingers in uncertainty rather than crying out to a listening Lord.
“Now it looks as though they're here to stay”
Yesterday · The Beatles
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The singer's sense that sorrow has settled in for good mirrors the psalmist's raw cry of prolonged grief.
“Think I'll lose my mind”
Paranoid · Black Sabbath
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The psalmist's 'how long will you forget me' captures the same disorientation and mental anguish voiced here, though the psalm still addresses God directly.
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Mono Single) · Creedence Clearwater Revival
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The weary, unresolved questioning here echoes the psalmist's own cry of 'how long' in the face of ongoing trouble, honest lament without a tidy answer.
Blowin' In the Wind · Bob Dylan
strains against Psalms 13:1-2
Where the song leaves its 'how long' questions blowing unanswered in the wind, the Psalmist brings the same anguished questions directly to God rather than to the air.
“Is this where it mends or it breaks?”
Rock and a Hard Place · Bailey Zimmerman
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The raw uncertainty and exhaustion voiced here resembles the psalmist's unresolved cry, wrestling honestly without a neat answer yet.
Rich Men North of Richmond · Oliver Anthony Music
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The raw, unresolved complaint mirrors the honest cry of lament psalms before any turn toward hope.
When You Believe (from "The Prince of Egypt") · Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The psalmist voices the same honest ache of unanswered prayer without abandoning the relationship.
“will I ever love again?”
Coldest Winter · Kanye West
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The repeated unanswered question echoes the psalmist's raw, unresolved cry into apparent silence.
“Everyday and everynight she still ah ask the father why”
Footprints · T.O.K
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
Her unanswered 'why' echoes the honest lament of the Psalms, questioning God without losing relationship with him.
Even Flow · Pearl Jam
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This captures the same raw ache of crying out to a God who seems silent, a lament pattern Scripture itself models.
“But it takes so long, my Lord”
My Sweet Lord · George Harrison
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The weary 'how long' of lament matches this line's honest admission that nearness to God feels delayed.
“Could life ever be sane again?”
Panic · The Smiths
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The question captures a raw, disoriented ache familiar to the Psalmist's honest cries of 'how long, O Lord?'
“I don't know what's worth fighting for”
Breaking the Habit · LINKIN PARK
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The weary, circling questions reflect the psalmist's honest cry in the dark before any resolution arrives.
“Oh my Lord, tell me what I'm livin' for”
Only God Can Judge Me (feat. Rappin' 4-Tay) · 2Pac
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This is the cry of the psalmist: raw, aching, addressed to God in the midst of real suffering rather than abstract despair.
“Is life worth living, should I blast myself?”
Changes (1998 Greatest Hits) [Edit] [feat. Talent] · 2Pac
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This opens with the same raw despair as the psalmist's cry, questioning whether God has forgotten him amid suffering.
“I keep a Glock beside my head, when will it stop”
I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy) · 2Pac
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
The weary question of when the violence and fear will end resembles the psalmist's lament, though without turning to God for the answer.
“God walks with me, but I'm still vexed”
Save my soul (the cudi confession) · kid cudi
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
This is lament in the biblical pattern: acknowledging God's presence while still wrestling with inner turmoil.
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want · The Smiths
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
A raw, repeated plea without pretense mirrors the psalmist's unguarded 'how long' cry toward God.
The End of the World · Skeeter Davis
resonates with Psalms 13:1-2
A raw lament questioning how long sorrow will reign, giving dignity to grief without demanding it resolve neatly.
“Talk to God and tell Him what I think”
Son of a Sinner · Jelly Roll
resonates with Psalms 13:1-3
Blunt, unfiltered speech to God is itself a form of faith, as seen throughout the Psalms' laments.
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