Psalms 13

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

How long must I worry and have grief in my heart all day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

Look at me and answer me, Yahweh my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.

4 lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

Do not let my enemy say, “I have defeated him,” so that my enemy may not say, “I have prevailed over my adversary”; otherwise, my enemies will rejoice when I am brought down.

5 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

But I have trusted in your covenant faithfulness; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

6 I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.

I will sing to Yahweh because he has treated me very generously.