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Psalm 13:1–6

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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.

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Cross references

  1. aPs 44:24
  2. bJob 13:24; Ps 89:46
  3. aPs 42:4
  4. bPs 42:9
  5. aPs 5:1
  6. b1 Sam 14:29; Ezra 9:8; Job 33:30; Ps 18:28
  7. cJer 51:39
  8. aPs 12:4
  9. bPs 25:2; 38:16
  10. aPs 52:8
  11. bPs 9:14
  12. aPs 96:1, 2
  13. bPs 116:7; 119:17; 142:7

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

How long will you hide your face from me?

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?

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

But I have trusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

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?

Look on me and answer, Lord my God.

Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”

and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love;

my heart rejoices in your salvation.

I will sing the Lord’s praise,

for he has been good to me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How long, Lord? Will you forget me

forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,

agony in my mind every day?

How long will my enemy dominate me?

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.

Restore brightness to my eyes;

otherwise, I will sleep in death.

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”

and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

But I have trusted in your faithful love;

my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

I will sing to the Lord

because he has treated me generously.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

How long will you look the other way?

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?

Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!

Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”

Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

But I trust in your unfailing love.

I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

I will sing to the Lord

because he is good to me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

How long will you hide your face from me?

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?

Consider and answer me, O Yahweh my God.

Give light to my eyes

lest I sleep the sleep of death,

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

lest my enemies rejoice because I am shaken.

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

My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

I will sing to Yahweh

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart daily?

How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God:

Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;

And those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

But I have trusted in thy mercy;

My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.