Psalm 13–15

PSALM 13

How Long, O Yahweh?

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

¹How long, O Yahweh? Will You ^aforget me forever?

How long ^bwill You hide Your face from me?

²How long shall I ^atake counsel in my soul,

Having ^bsorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

^3aLook and answer me, O Yahweh my God;

^bGive light to my eyes, lest I ^csleep the sleep of death,

⁴Lest my enemy ^asays, “I have overcome him,”

And ^bmy adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.

⁵But I have ^atrusted in Your lovingkindness;

My heart shall ^brejoice in Your salvation.

⁶I will ^asing to Yahweh,

Because He has ^bdealt bountifully with me.

PSALM 14

There Is No One Who Does Good

For the choir director. Of David.

¹The ¹wicked fool ^asays in his heart, “There is no God.”

They act corruptly, they commit abominable ²deeds;

There is ^bno one who does good.

²Yahweh ^alooks down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there is anyone who ^1bhas insight,

Anyone who ^cseeks after God.

³They have all ^aturned aside, altogether they have become ¹worthless;

There is ^bno one who does good, not even one.

⁴Do all the workers of iniquity ^anot know,

Who ^beat up my people as they eat bread,

And ^cdo not call upon Yahweh?

⁵There they are in great dread,

For God is with the ^arighteous generation.

⁶You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,

But Yahweh is his ^arefuge.

⁷Oh, that ^athe salvation of Israel ¹would come out of Zion!

When Yahweh ^2brestores His captive people,

May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.

PSALM 15

Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?

A Psalm of David.

¹O Yahweh, who may ¹sojourn ^ain Your tent?

Who may dwell on Your ^bholy mountain?

²He who ^awalks blamelessly, and works righteousness,

And ^bspeaks truth in his heart.

³He ^adoes not slander ¹with his tongue,

Nor ^bdoes evil to his neighbor,

Nor ^ctakes up a reproach against his friend;

⁴In ¹whose eyes a reprobate is despised,

But ²who ^ahonors those who fear Yahweh;

He ^bswears to his own hurt and does not change;

⁵He ^adoes not put out his money ¹at interest,

Nor ^bdoes he take a bribe against the innocent.

^cHe who does these things will never be shaken.