Psalm 13

New King James Version

Trust in the Salvation of the Lord

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

13 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
^(A)How long will You hide Your face from me?
²How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

³Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
^(B)Enlighten my eyes,
^(C)Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
⁴Lest my enemy say,
“I have prevailed against him”;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

⁵But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
⁶I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 15

New King James Version

The Character of Those Who May Dwell with the Lord

A Psalm of David.

15 Lord, ^(A)who may ^[a]abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?

²He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the ^(B)truth in his heart;
³He who ^(C)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
^(D)Nor does he ^[b]take up a reproach against his friend;
⁴^(E)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who ^(F)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.