Psalm 13

²⁴Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

²⁰Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

⁴⁶How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

³How long will the wicked, O Lord, how long will the wicked exult?

⁴They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

²I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

⁴O Lord God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

⁸Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

⁹Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the Lord, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

¹⁸My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

¹⁸Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.

¹³A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

³For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

⁴My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

⁵Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

⁸But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the Lord our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

²⁸For You, O Lord, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

³⁹While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the Lord.

¹For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning.

²⁹“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

²⁷Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

²in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

¹⁹They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

³A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

¹⁶For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

¹⁶For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

²Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

²¹keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

¹⁸yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

⁸But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

⁸¹My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

⁷How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

⁷Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.

¹³Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

⁷I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.