Psalms 13-16

1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

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

5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

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

1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

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

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

4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

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

6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

1O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?

2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

7I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.

8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.