## Psalms Chapter 13

###### Psalms 13:1
[Psalms 13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/13:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 13:2
[Psalms 13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/13:2)

עַד־אָ֣נָה יְ֭הֹוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי נֶ֑צַח עַד־אָ֓נָה**׀** תַּסְתִּ֖יר אֶת־פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long wilt Thou forget me O Lord? forever? how long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long [("How long" is stated four times, on behalf of all of Israel, alluding to the four kingdoms of the exile — Bavel, Paras, Yavan, and Edom)], O L rd, will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?


###### Psalms 13:3
[Psalms 13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/13:3)

עַד־אָ֨נָה אָשִׁ֪ית עֵצ֡וֹת בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י יָג֣וֹן בִּלְבָבִ֣י יוֹמָ֑ם עַד־אָ֓נָה**׀** יָר֖וּם אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long shall I devise counsel in my soul [to escape] the sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my foe have ascendancy over me?


###### Psalms 13:4
[Psalms 13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/13:4)

הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Look, and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Look, and answer me, O L rd my G d, and enlighten my eyes [against my foes], lest I sleep [the sleep of] death.


###### Psalms 13:5
[Psalms 13:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/13:5)

פֶּן־יֹאמַ֣ר אֹיְבִ֣י יְכׇלְתִּ֑יו צָרַ֥י יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ כִּ֣י אֶמּֽוֹט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Lest my foe say: I have prevailed against him; [lest] my oppressors rejoice when I incline [to fall].


###### Psalms 13:6
[Psalms 13:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/13:6)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָ אָשִׁ֥ירָה לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה כִּ֖י גָמַ֣ל עָלָֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whenever I have trusted in Your lovingkindness, my heart has rejoiced in Your saving. [Now, too,] I shall sing to the L rd, when He bestows His lovingkindness upon me.