Psalms 13

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

3 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Look, and answer me, LORD, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

4 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:

Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him," and my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

5 Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

6 But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High.