Psalms 13

1 How long, O Jehovah? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

How long shall I have to devise resolves in my soul, with grief in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy exalt himself over me?

3 Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God. Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the death,

Look down, answer me, O Lord my God! enlighten my eyes, that I may not sleep the sleep of death;

4 lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him, lest my adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

That my enemy may not say, I have overcome him; that my assailants may not be glad when I am moved.

5 But I have trusted in thy loving kindness. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

But I trust in thy kindness, let my heart be glad because of thy salvation:

6 I will sing to Jehovah because he has dealt bountifully with me.

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.