Psalms 13
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
First Book of the Psalms1
How long, The LORD?Will you forget me forever?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?
3
Behold, and answer me, The LORD, my God.Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4
Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him";Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
5
But I trust in your loving kindness.My heart rejoices in your salvation.
6
I will sing to The LORD,because he has been good to me.
Ps 13:1-6. On title, see Introduction. The Psalmist, mourning God's absence and the triumph of his enemies, prays for relief before he is totally destroyed, and is encouraged to hope his trust will not be in vain.
1. The forms of expression and figure here used are frequent (compare Ps 9:12, 18; 10:11, 12).
How long . . . for ever--Shall it be for ever?