Psalms 13

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH, Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your face from me?

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? How long will you hide your face from me?

2 Until when do I set counsels in my soul, [With] sorrow in my heart daily? Until when is my enemy exalted over me?

How long must I worry and have grief in my heart all day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Look attentively; Answer me, O YHWH, my God, Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Look at me and answer me, Yahweh my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.

4 Lest my enemy say, “I overcame him,” My adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

Do not let my enemy say, “I have defeated him,” so that my enemy may not say, “I have prevailed over my adversary”; otherwise, my enemies will rejoice when I am brought down.

5 And I have trusted in Your kindness, My heart rejoices in Your salvation.

But I have trusted in your covenant faithfulness; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

6 I sing to YHWH, For He has conferred benefits on me!

I will sing to Yahweh because he has treated me very generously.