< 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 for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face 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 shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
How long shall 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.
Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:
5 But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:
6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
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.