psalm

Psalm 13

A Plea for Deliverance

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

Lord, how long will You forget me?

Forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long will I store up anxious concerns[a] within me,

agony in my mind every day?

How long will my enemy dominate me?

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.

Restore brightness to my eyes;

otherwise, I will sleep in death.

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”

and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

But I have trusted in Your faithful love;

my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.

I will sing to the Lord

because He has treated me generously.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:2 Or up counsels