Psalm 13–15

How Long, O Lord?

13To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

^1vHow long, O Lord? Will you ^wforget me forever?

How long will you ^xhide your face from me?

²How long must I take ^ycounsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

^3zConsider and answer me, O Lord my God;

^alight up my eyes, lest ^bI sleep the sleep of death,

^4clest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am ^dshaken.

⁵But I have ^etrusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall ^frejoice in your salvation.

⁶I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

The Fool Says, There Is No God

14To the choirmaster. Of David.

^1gThe ^hfool says in his heart, ⁱ“There is no God.”

They are ^jcorrupt, they do abominable deeds;

^kthere is none who does good.

²The Lord ^llooks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,¹

who ^mseek after God.

³They have all turned aside; together they have become ⁿcorrupt;

there is none who does good,

not even one.

⁴Have they no ^oknowledge, all the evildoers

who ^peat up my people as they eat bread

and ^qdo not call upon the Lord?

⁵There they are in great terror,

for God is with ^rthe generation of the righteous.

⁶You would shame the plans of the poor,

but² the Lord is his ^srefuge.

⁷Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When the Lord ^trestores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

15A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, ^uwho shall sojourn in your ^vtent?

Who shall dwell on your ^wholy hill?

²He who ^xwalks blamelessly and ^ydoes what is right

and ^zspeaks truth in his heart;

³who ^adoes not slander with his tongue

and does no evil to his neighbor,

nor ^btakes up a reproach against his friend;

^4cin whose eyes a vile person is despised,

but who honors those who fear the Lord;

who ^dswears to his own hurt and does not change;

⁵who ^edoes not put out his money at interest

and ^fdoes not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be ^gmoved.