Psalms 13

1 Yahweh, how long will you continue to forget about me [RHQ]? Will you hide yourself [SYN] from me forever?

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 must I endure anguish/worry? Must I be miserable/sad every day? How long will my enemies continue to defeat me?

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

3 Yahweh my God, look at me and answer me. Enable me to become strong [again] [IDM], and do not allow me to die.

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

4 Do not allow my enemies [to boast] saying, “We have defeated him!” Do not allow them to defeat me, with the result that they will rejoice about it!

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 But I trust that you will faithfully love me; I will rejoice when you rescue me.

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

6 Yahweh, you have done many good things for me, so I will sing to you.

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