Psalm 13

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English

13For the music director. A psalm of David.^a

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

How long will you hide your face from me?

²How long must I take counsel^b in my soul,

and sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

³Consider^c and answer me, O Yahweh my God.

Give light to my eyes

lest I sleep the sleep of death,

⁴and lest my enemy should say, “I have overcome him,”

lest my enemies rejoice because I am shaken.

⁵But as for me, I have trusted in your steadfast love.^d

My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

⁶^e I will sing to Yahweh

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

aThe Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
bHebrew pl.; with a slight modification of the Hebrew this reads “set pains”
cLiterally “Look”
dOr, “loyal love”
eIn the Hebrew Bible, the previous verse continues