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A Plea for Deliverance

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

13 How long, Lord? Will you forget me for ever?
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

罹忧苦求耶和华眷顾

13 大卫的诗,交于伶长。

耶和华啊,你忘记我要到几时呢?要到永远吗?你掩面不顾我要到几时呢?
我心里筹算,终日愁苦,要到几时呢?我的仇敌升高压制我,要到几时呢?
耶和华我的神啊,求你看顾我,应允我,使我眼目光明,免得我沉睡至死,
免得我的仇敌说“我胜了他”,免得我的敌人在我摇动的时候喜乐。
但我倚靠你的慈爱,我的心因你的救恩快乐。
我要向耶和华歌唱,因他用厚恩待我。

Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

How long,(A) Lord? Will you forget me(B) forever?
    How long will you hide your face(C) from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(D)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(E)

Look on me(F) and answer,(G) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,(H) or I will sleep in death,(I)
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(J)
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(K)

But I trust in your unfailing love;(L)
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.(M)
I will sing(N) the Lord’s praise,
    for he has been good to me.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.