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?

“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] sorrows in my heart daily? 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 Look on me, listen to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

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

4 lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be 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 hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation.

But I trust in thy kindness, let my heart be glad because of thy 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 unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.