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Psalm 13
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To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

A Prayer for Deliverance

13 How long? Lord, will you forget me forever?[a]
    How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I struggle in my soul at night
    and have sorrow in my heart during the day?
        How long will my enemy rise up against me?
3 Look at me!
    Answer me, Lord, my God!
Give light to my eyes!
    Otherwise, I will sleep in death;
4 Otherwise, my enemy will say,
    “I have overcome him;”
Otherwise, my persecutor will rejoice
    when I am shaken.
5 As for me, I have trusted in your gracious love,
    my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
    for he has dealt bountifully with me.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 Or How long, Lord, will you forget me? Forever?
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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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