Psalm 13[a]
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 How long,(A) Lord? Will you forget me(B) forever?
How long will you hide your face(C) from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(D)
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?(E)
3 Look on me(F) and answer,(G) Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes,(H) or I will sleep in death,(I)
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(J)”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(K)
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;(L)
my heart rejoices in your salvation.(M)
6 I will sing(N) the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.
Cross references
- Psalm 13:1 : Ps 6:3
- Psalm 13:1 : Ps 42:9; La 5:20
- Psalm 13:1 : S Dt 31:17; S Ps 22:24; S Isa 8:17; S 54:9
- Psalm 13:2 : Ps 42:4; 55:2; 139:23; Isa 33:18; Da 7:28
- Psalm 13:2 : Ps 94:3
- Psalm 13:3 : Ps 9:12; 25:18; 31:7; 35:23; 59:4; 80:14; 107:41; 119:50, 153
- Psalm 13:3 : S Ps 4:1
- Psalm 13:3 : S Ezr 9:8
- Psalm 13:3 : Ps 76:5; 90:5; Jer 51:39
- Psalm 13:4 : S 1Ki 19:2; Ps 25:2
- Psalm 13:4 : Ps 38:16; 118:13
- Psalm 13:5 : S Ps 6:4
- Psalm 13:5 : S Job 33:26; Ps 9:14; Isa 25:9; 33:2
- Psalm 13:6 : S Ex 15:1; Ps 7:17