Psalm 13

¹ O Jehovah, how long

wilt thou forget me aye?

how long wilt thou thy countenance

hide from me far away?

² How long shall I counsel,

in my soul take, sorrow

in my heart daily? O’er me set

how long shall be my foe?

³ Jehovah, O my God,

behold me answer make,

illuminate mine eyes, lest I

the sleep of death do take.

⁴ Lest my foe say, I have

prevail’d ‘gainst him: and me

those who do trouble, do rejoice,

when I shall moved be.

⁵ But I assured trust

have put in thy mercy;

my heart in thy salvation

shall joy exceedingly.

⁶ Unto Jehovah I

will sing, because that he,

for evil bountifully hath

rewarded good to me.