Chapter 13
How Long, O LORD?
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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long… will You hide Your face from me?
𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤇 𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤏𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤕𐤔𐤊𐤇𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤍𐤑𐤇 𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤕𐤎𐤕𐤉𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤉
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ עַד־ יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי אָ֣נָה נֶ֑צַח עַד־ אָ֓נָה׀ תַּסְתִּ֖יר אֶת־ פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ miz·mō·wr lə·ḏā·wiḏ ‘aḏ- Yah·weh tiš·kā·ḥê·nî ’ā·nāh ne·ṣaḥ ‘aḏ- ’ā·nāh tas·tîr ’eṯ- pā·ne·ḵā mim·men·nî — WLC · 1
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How long… must I wrestle… in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long… will my enemy dominate me?
𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤕 𐤏𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤉𐤂𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤋𐤁𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤌 𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉
עַד־ אָ֨נָה אָשִׁ֪ית עֵצ֡וֹת בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י יָג֣וֹן בִּלְבָבִ֣י יוֹמָ֑ם עַד־ אָ֓נָה׀ אֹיְבִ֣י יָר֖וּם עָלָֽי׃ ‘aḏ- ’ā·nāh ’ā·šîṯ ‘ê·ṣō·wṯ bə·nap̄·šî yā·ḡō·wn bil·ḇā·ḇî yō·w·mām ‘aḏ- ’ā·nāh ’ō·yə·ḇî yā·rūm ‘ā·lāy — WLC · 2
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Consider me [and] respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤈𐤄 𐤏𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤓𐤄 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤕
הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־ אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃ hab·bî·ṭāh ‘ă·nê·nî Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hāy hā·’î·rāh ‘ê·nay pen- ’î·šan ham·mā·weṯ — WLC · 3
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lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤑𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤋𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤅𐤈
פֶּן־ אֹיְבִ֣י יֹאמַ֣ר יְכָלְתִּ֑יו צָרַ֥י יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ כִּ֣י אֶמּֽוֹט׃ pen- ’ō·yə·ḇî yō·mar yə·ḵā·lə·tîw ṣā·ray yā·ḡî·lū kî ’em·mō·wṭ — WLC · 4
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But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤈𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤇𐤎𐤃𐤊 𐤋𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤂𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤊
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ בָטַחְתִּי֮ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ לִבִּ֗י יָ֤גֵ֥ל בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָ wa·’ă·nî ḇā·ṭaḥ·tî bə·ḥas·də·ḵā lib·bî yā·ḡêl bî·šū·‘ā·ṯe·ḵā — WLC · 5
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I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤓𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤂𐤌𐤋 𐤏𐤋𐤉
אָשִׁ֥ירָה לַיהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י גָמַ֣ל עָלָֽי׃ ’ā·šî·rāh Yah·weh kî ḡā·mal ‘ā·lāy — WLC · 6