Psalm 13

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

How long will you hide your face from me?

₂How long must I take counsel in my soul

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

₃Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

₄lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

₅But I have trusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

₆I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.