Psalm 12:1–2

Title For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts

and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Title To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I take counsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Title To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever?

How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart daily?

How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Title For the choir director: A psalm of David.

1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?

How long will you look the other way?

2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,

with sorrow in my heart every day?

How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

Title To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart daily?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Title For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 How long will you forget me, Lord? Forever?

How long will you hide from me?

2 How long must I worry

and feel sad in my heart all day?

How long will my enemy win over me?

Title For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever?

How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Title To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Title For the choir director; a psalm by David. 

1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? 

How long will you hide your face from me? 

2 How long must I make decisions alone 

with sorrow in my heart day after day? 

How long will my enemy triumph over me? 

Title For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

1 Lord, how long will You forget me?

Forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

2 How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,

agony in my mind every day?

How long will my enemy dominate me?

Title To the leader. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I bear pain in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all day long?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Title For the music director. A psalm of David.

1 How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I take counsel in my soul,

and sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Title For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 Lord, how long must I wait? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you turn your face away from me?

2 How long must I struggle with my thoughts?

How long must my heart be sad day after day?

How long will my enemies keep winning the battle over me?

Title For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?