² How long must I take counsel^[a] in my soul,
and sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
³ Consider^[b] and answer me, O Yahweh my God.
Give light to my eyes
lest I sleep the sleep of death,
⁴ and lest my enemy should say, “I have overcome him,”
lest my enemies rejoice because I am shaken.