Psalms 13

1 “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?

[Aka mawt ham David kah Tingtoenglung] Aw BOEIPA, mevaeng hil nim kai nan hnilh yoeyah ve? Mevaeng hil nim na maelhmai te kai taeng lamkah na thuh ve?

2 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?

Mevaeng hil nim ka thinko kah hnin takuem kothae la ka hinglu he cilsuep ka dul hawl ve? Mevaeng hil nim kai sokah ka thunkha loh caemthang a rhuk ve?

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

Aw ka BOEIPA Pathen paelki lamtah kai he n'doo dae. Ka mik mah han tueng sak dueknah khuila ka ip ve.

4 That my enemy may not say, I have overcome him; that my assailants may not be glad when I am moved.

Ka thunkha loh, “Anih ka na coeng,” a ti vetih ka bung vaengah ka rhal rhoek te omngaih uh ve.

5 But I trust in thy kindness, let my heart be glad because of thy salvation:

Tedae kai tah na sitlohnah dongah ka pangtung tih namah kah khangnah dongah ka lungbuei omngaih.

6 I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

BOEIPA te kai ham a then dongah ka hlai ni.