Psalm 13
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O | Lord; for | ever? ||
how | long • wilt thou | hide thy | face • from me? ||
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so | vexed • in my | heart? ||
how | long • shall mine | ene•my | triumph • over me? ||
3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
3 Consider, and hear me, O | Lord my | God; ||
lighten mine | eyes, • that I | 3 sleep not in | death; ||
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
4 Lest mine enemy say, 3 I | have pre- | vailed a•gainst him: ||
for if I be cast down, they that | trouble • me | will re- | joice • at it. ||
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
5 But my | trust is • in thy | mercy, ||
and my heart is | 3 joyful in | thy sal- | vation. ||
6 I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath | dealt so | lovingly • with me; ||
yea, I will praise the | Name • of the | Lord Most | Highest. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).