1 For the end, a Psalm of David.
2 How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me ? for ever ? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me ?
3 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily ? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me ?
4 Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God : lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death ;
5 lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him : my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
6 But I have hoped in thy mercy ; my heart shall exult in thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.