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Psalm 13
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To the director: A song of David.

13 How long will you forget me, Lord?
    Will you forget me forever?
How long will you refuse to accept me?[a]
2 How long must I wonder if you have forgotten me?
    How long must I feel this sadness in my heart?
How long will my enemy win against me?

3 Lord my God, look at me and give me an answer.
    Make me feel strong again, or I will die.
4 If that happens, my enemy will say, “I beat him!”
    He will be so happy that he won.

5 But I trust in your faithful love, Lord.
    I will be happy when you save me.
6 Then I will sing to the Lord
    because he was so good to me.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 refuse to accept me Literally, “hide your face from me.”
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Psalm 13
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Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 How long,(A) Lord? Will you forget me(B) forever?
    How long will you hide your face(C) from me?
2 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)

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

5 But I trust in your unfailing love;(L)
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.(M)
6 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.
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Psalm 13
King James Version

13 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6 I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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