< Psalms 13 >
1 For the end, a Psalm of David. How long, O Lord, will you forget me? for ever? how long will you turn away your face from me?
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
3 Look on me, listen to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
4 lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
5 But I have hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation.
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.