Psalms 13

1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” How long, O LORD! wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy 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 How long shall I have anxiety in my soul for ever, And sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be 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 down and hear me, O LORD, my God! Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of 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 have prevailed against him!” Lest my adversaries rejoice, when I am fallen.

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 Yet will I trust in thy goodness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation;

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

6 I will sing to the LORD, that he hath dealt kindly with me.

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