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World English Bible

Psalm 13 (WEBP)

[1] How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
[2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
[3] Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
[4] lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
[5] But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
[6] I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 13 (KJVS)

[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?
[3] Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
[4] Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; And those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
[5] But I have trusted in thy mercy; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
[6] I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 13 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Ἕως () πότε, () κύριε, () ἐπιλήσῃ () μου () εἰς () τέλος; () Ἕως () πότε () ἀποστρέψεις () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ; ()
[2] Ἕως () τίνος () θήσομαι () βουλὰς () ἐν () ψυχῇ () μου, () ὀδύνας () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () ἡμέρας; () Ἕως () πότε () ὑψωθήσεται () ὁ () ἐχθρός () μου () ἐπ’ () ἐμέ; ()
[3] Ἐπίβλεψον, () εἰσάκουσόν () μου, () κύριε () ὁ () θεός () μου· () φώτισον () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () μου, () μήποτε () ὑπνώσω εἰς () θάνατον, ()
[4] μήποτε () εἴπῃ () ὁ () ἐχθρός () μου () Ἴσχυσα () πρὸς () αὐτόν· () οἱ () θλίβοντές () με () ἀγαλλιάσονται, () ἐὰν () σαλευθῶ. ()
[5] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ἐλέει () σου () ἤλπισα, () ἀγαλλιάσεται () ἡ () καρδία () μου () ἐπὶ () τῷ () σωτηρίῳ () σου· ()
[6] ᾄσω () τῷ () κυρίῳ () τῷ () εὐεργετήσαντί () με () καὶ () ψαλῶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () τοῦ () ὑψίστου. ()

Psalm 13:1 Originally verses 12:1–2.
Psalm 13:2 Originally verse 12:3.
Psalm 13:3 Originally verse 12:4.
Psalm 13:4 Originally verse 12:5.
Psalm 13:5 Originally verse 12:6.
Psalm 13:6 Originally verse 12:6.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.