Psalm 13-14

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Help in Trouble.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

13 How long, Lord? Will You ^(A)forget me forever?
How long ^(B)will You hide Your face from me?
²How long am I to ^(C)feel anxious in my soul,
With ^(D)grief in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

³^(E)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
^(F)Enlighten my eyes, or I will ^(G)sleep the sleep of death,
⁴And my enemy will ^(H)say, “I have overcome him,”
And ^(I)my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

⁵But I have ^(J)trusted in Your faithfulness;
My heart shall ^(K)rejoice in Your salvation.
⁶I will ^(L)sing to the Lord,
Because He has ^(M)looked after me.

Foolishness and Wickedness of People.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

14 The fool has ^(N)said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed detestable acts;
There is ^(O)no one who does good.
²The Lord has ^(P)looked down from heaven upon the sons of mankind
To see if there are any who ^[a]^(Q)understand,
Who ^(R)seek God.
³They have all ^(S)turned aside, together they are corrupt;
There is ^(T)no one who does good, not even one.

⁴Do all the workers of injustice ^(U)not know,
Who ^(V)devour my people as they eat bread,
And ^(W)do not call upon the Lord?
⁵There they are in great dread,
For God is with a ^(X)righteous generation.
⁶You would put to shame the plan of the poor,
But the Lord is his ^(Y)refuge.

⁷Oh, that ^(Z)the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^(AA)restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.