Psalm 13-14 (NIV84)

Psalm 13

For the director of music. 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 with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?

³ Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;

⁴ my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.

⁶ I will sing to the LORD,
for he has been good to me.

Psalm 14

For the director of music. Of David.

¹ The fool ^[a] says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.

² The LORD looks down from heaven
on the sons of men
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.

³ All have turned aside,
they have together become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.

⁴ Will evildoers never learn—
those who devour my people as men eat bread
and who do not call on the LORD ?

⁵ There they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for God is present in the company of the righteous.

⁶ You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but the LORD is their refuge.

⁷ Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.