Psalm 13

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1} For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?^(A)

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How long will I store up anxious concerns^(a) within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?^(B)

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Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
Restore brightness to my eyes;^(C)
otherwise, I will sleep in death.

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My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”
and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.^(D)

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But I have trusted in Your faithful love;^(E)
my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.^(F)

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I will sing to the Lord
because He has treated me generously.^(G)

a. Psalm 13:2: Or up counsels

A. Psalm 13:1: Job 13:24; Psalm 44:24; Psalm 89:46

B. Psalm 13:2: Psalm 6:3; Psalm 38:6; Psalm 42:9

C. Psalm 13:3: Ezra 9:8; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 29:13

D. Psalm 13:4: Psalm 89:42

E. Psalm 13:5: Psalm 52:8

F. Psalm 13:5: Psalm 9:14

G. Psalm 13:6: Psalm 119:17; Psalm 142:7