Psalms 13

1 How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you hide your face from me?

Unto the end. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me until the end? How long will you turn your face away from me?

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

How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

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

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

4 Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,

5 But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

lest at any time my enemy may say, “I have prevailed against him.” Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.

6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.