To the chief Musician: a psalm of David.
1 O JEHOVAH, how long
wilt thou forget me aye?
how long wilt thou thy countenance
hide from me far away?
2 How long shall I counsel,
in my soul take, sorrow
in my heart daily? o‘re me set
how long shall be my foe?
3 Jehovah, o my God,
behold me answer make,
Illuminate mine eyes, lest I
the sleep of death do take.
4 Lest my foe say, I have
prevail’d ‘gainst him: and me
those who do trouble, do rejoice,
when I shall moved be.
5 But I assured trust
have put in thy mercy;
my heart in thy salvation
shall joy exceedingly.
6 Unto Jehovah I
will sing, because that he,
for evil bountifully hath
rewarded good to me.