Psalm 13

A Plea for Deliverance

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
How long will I store up anxious concerns[a] within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?(B)

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
Restore brightness to my eyes;(C)
otherwise, I will sleep in death.
My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”
and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.(D)

But I have trusted in your faithful love;(E)
my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.(F)
I will sing to the Lord
because he has treated me generously.(G)

Footnotes

  1. 13:2 Or up counsels

Trust in His Chesed

Psalm 13

For the music director, a psalm of David.
How long, Adonai? Will You forget me forever?
    How long will You hide Your face from me?
How long must I have cares in my soul
    and daily sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Look at me and answer, Adonai my God.
Light up my eyes, or I will sleep in death.
Or else my enemy will say: “I have overcome him!”
    and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

But I trust in Your lovingkindness,
    my heart rejoices in Your salvation.
I will sing to Adonai,
    because He has been good to me.