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1How long, Lord , will you continue to ignore me?[#tn Heb “will you forget me continually.”]
How long will you pay no attention to me?
2How long must I worry,[#tn Heb “How long will I put counsel in my being?”]
and suffer in broad daylight?
How long will my enemy gloat over me?
3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God![#tn Heb “see.”]
Revive me, or else I will die!
4Then my enemy will say, “I have defeated him!”[#tn Heb “or else.”]
Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.
5But I trust in your faithfulness.[#tn The grammatical construction used here (conjunction with independent pronoun) highlights the contrast between the psalmist’s defeated condition envisioned in v. 4 and confident attitude he displays in v. 5.]
May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
6I will sing praises to the Lord[#tn The verb form is cohortative, indicating the psalmist’s resolve (or vow) to praise the Lord when deliverance arrives.]
when he vindicates me.