The Book of PsalmsPsalm 12

The Catholic Public Domain Version numbers the Psalms as the Latin Vulgate does. In Bibles translated from the Hebrew this is Psalm 13. Read Psalm 13 in the WEBC.

Gerard van Honthorst, *King David Playing the Harp* · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

12Unto the end. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me until the end? How long will you turn your face away from me?

2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

3How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,

5lest at any time my enemy may say, “I have prevailed against him.” Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.

6But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.