How long will I store up anxious concerns[a] within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 13:2 Or up counsels

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(A)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(B)

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

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