1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
2 How long, O HaShem, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?
3 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
4 Behold Thou, and answer me, O HaShem my G-d; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
5 Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
6 But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing unto HaShem, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.
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Today's Verse
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
Verse Of The DayIn its final two verses the tone turns completely, as David declares he has trusted in God's mercy and will sing to the LORD, a shift toward praise also seen in Isaiah 12:2, leading into Psalms 14.
