Psalm 13

A Plea for Deliverance

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

1   How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me? t

2   How long will I store up anxious concerns K within me,

agony in my mind every day?

How long will my enemy dominate me? u

3   Consider me and answer, LORD my God.

Restore brightness to my eyes; v

otherwise, I will sleep in death.

4   My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”

and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken. w

5   But I have trusted in your faithful love; x

my heart will rejoice in your deliverance. y

6   I will sing to the LORD

because he has treated me generously. z