How Long, O Lord?

13 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 

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

How long will you hide your face from me? 

²  How 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? 

³  Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; 

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

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

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. 

⁵  But I have trusted in your steadfast love; 

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. 

⁶  I will sing to the Lord, 

because he has dealt bountifully with me. 

 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ps 13:title–6.