Psalm 13:1–15:5

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

How long will you hide your face from me?^*

²How long must I bear pain^m in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all day long?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?^*

³Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!

Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,^*

⁴and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”;

my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.^*

⁵But I trusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.^*

⁶I will sing to the Lord

because he has dealt bountifully with me.^*

Psalm 14

Denunciation of Godlessness

To the leader. Of David.

¹Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;

there is no one who does good.^*

²The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind

to see if there are any who are wise,

who seek after God.^*

³They have all gone astray; they are all alike perverse;

there is no one who does good,

no, not one.^*

⁴Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

who eat up my people as they eat bread

and do not call upon the Lord?^*

⁵There they shall be in great terror,

for God is with the company of the righteous.^*

⁶You would confound the plans of the poor,

but the Lord is their refuge.^*

⁷O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!

When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,

Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.^*

Psalm 15

Who Shall Abide in God’s Sanctuary?

A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, who may abide in your tent?

Who may dwell on your holy hill?^*

²Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right

and speak the truth from their heart;^*

³who do not slander with their tongue

and do no evil to their friends

nor heap shame upon their neighbors;^*

⁴in whose eyes the wicked are despised

but who honor those who fear the Lord;

who stand by their oath even to their hurt;^*

⁵who do not lend money at interest

and do not take a bribe against the innocent.

Those who do these things shall never be moved.^*