How Long, O LORD?

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹ How long, O LORD?

Will You forget me forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

² How long must I wrestle in my soul,^*

with sorrow in my heart each day?

How long will my enemy dominate me?

³ Consider me and respond, O LORD my God.

Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

⁴ lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,”

and my foes rejoice when I fall.

⁵ But I have trusted in Your loving devotion;

my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

⁶ I will sing to the LORD,

for He has been good to me.