Psalms 13

1 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?

How long, O Jehovah? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

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

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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

Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God. Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the death,

4 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.

lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him, lest my adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

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

But I have trusted in thy loving kindness. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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

I will sing to Jehovah because he has dealt bountifully with me.