Psalms 13 WEB
Summary: One of the shortest and most compact laments in the Psalter, Psalm 13 opens with a fourfold cry of abandonment, "How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?... How long must I take counsel in my soul?" (v. 1-2). The psalmist pleads to be answered before his enemy can say "I have prevailed over him" and before he sleeps the sleep of death (v. 3-4). In a swift turn typical of Hebrew lament, the final two verses pivot entirely to trust: "I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation" (v. 5).
1How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
6I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
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