| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? |
| 2How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? | 2How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? |
| 3Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, | 3Look on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, |
| 4lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. | 4and my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall. |
| 5But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. | 5But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. |
| 6I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me. | 6I will sing the LORD's praise, for he has been good to me. |
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