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P13b. How long wilt thou forget me?

1 How long wilt thou forget me?
O Lord, for evermore?
For ever wilt thou let me
thine absent face deplore?
How long in fruitless wailing
shall I consume the day?
And thus how long prevailing
my vaunting foe bear sway?

2 O, do not thou forsake me!
Enlighten thou my gloom;
lest fatal sleep o'ertake me,
the death-sleep of the tomb;
lest then my foe insulting
should boast of his success,
and impious men exulting
triumph in my distress.

3 Lord, in my tribulation
I trust thy mercy still,
and surely thy salvation
my heart with joy shall fill.
Thine aid thou didst afford me,
thy praises I will sing;
and for his mercies toward me
will bless my God and king.

Text Information

• First Line: How long wilt thou forget me?
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Scripture:
  Psalm 13

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Key: E♭ Major