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This is a song that David wrote for the music leader.

A prayer for help [ a ]

13 Lord , will you forget about me for ever?
When will you remember to come and help me?
2 My thoughts make me worry all the time.
How long must I continue to be sad?
How long will my enemies continue to win against me?
3 Lord , please listen to me!
I feel that I am nearly dead.
Please give me the strength to live!
4 If I die, my enemies will say,
‘We have won against him!’
My enemies will be very happy if I fall.
5 But I will trust you because of your faithful love.
Please make me safe,
so that I can be happy and thank you.
6 Yes, I will sing to praise the Lord ,
because he will surely help me.

Footnotes

  1. 13:1 David says that he believes that God will keep him safe. But sometimes it is difficult to trust God. Then he becomes very sad. By the end of the psalm, David knows that God will help him.

To the director: A song of David.

13 How long will you forget me, Lord ?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you refuse to accept me? [ a ]
2 How long must I wonder if you have forgotten me?
How long must I feel this sadness in my heart?
How long will my enemy win against me?

3 Lord my God, look at me and give me an answer.
Make me feel strong again, or I will die.
4 If that happens, my enemy will say, “I beat him!”
He will be so happy that he won.

5 But I trust in your faithful love, Lord.
I will be happy when you save me.
6 Then I will sing to the Lord
because he was so good to me.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 refuse to accept me Literally, “hide your face from me.”

13 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6 I will sing unto the Lord , because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Prayer for Help in Trouble.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

13 How long, Lord ? Will You ( A ) forget me forever?
How long ( B ) will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long am I to ( C ) feel anxious in my soul,
With ( D ) grief in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

3 ( E ) Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
( F ) Enlighten my eyes, or I will ( G ) sleep the sleep of death,
4 And my enemy will ( H ) say, “I have overcome him,”
And ( I ) my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

5 But I have ( J ) trusted in Your faithfulness;
My heart shall ( K ) rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will ( L ) sing to the Lord ,
Because He has ( M ) looked after me.

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

  1. Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.
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