Psalm 13 — Prayer for Help

1 How long, Lord, will You forget me completely? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy rise up over me? 3 Look and answer me, O Lord, my God. Give light to my eyes, so that I do not fall asleep in death. 4 So that my enemy does not say, “I have overcome him,” and my adversaries do not rejoice that I have been shaken from my place. 5 But I trusted in Your mercy. My heart will rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to the Lord, who has done good to me.