Psalms 13

Trust in the Salvation of Yahweh

¹How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

²How long must I take counsel in my soul,[#Hebrew pl.; with a slight modification of the Hebrew this reads “set pains”]

and sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

³Consider and answer me, O Yahweh my God.[#Literally “Look”]

Give light to my eyes

lest I sleep the sleep of death,

⁴and lest my enemy should say, “I have overcome him,”

lest my enemies rejoice because I am shaken.

⁵But as for me, I have trusted in your steadfast love.[#Or, “loyal love”]

My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

⁶I will sing to Yahweh[#In the Hebrew Bible, the previous verse continues]

because he has dealt bountifully with me.