Psalm 13

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 40 Cheshire, 116 St Kilda, 85 Martyrdom

1    How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?

            shall it for ever be?

      O how long shall it be that thou

            wilt hide thy face from me?

2    How long take counsel in my soul,

            still sad in heart, shall I?

      How long exalted over me

            shall be mine enemy?

3    O Lord my God, consider well,

            and answer to me make:

      Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep

            of death me overtake:

4    Lest that mine enemy should say,

            Against him I prevail’d;

      And those that trouble me rejoice,

            when I am mov’d and fail’d.

5    But I have all my confidence

            thy mercy set upon;

      My heart within me shall rejoice

            in thy salvation.

6    I will unto the Lord my God

            sing praises cheerfully,

      Because he hath his bounty shown

            to me abundantly.