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1. Dem Sangmeister, ein Psalm Davids.
2. Ach, Herr! wie lange willst du mein so ganz vergessen?
Wie lange noch dein Antlitz mir verbergen?
3. Wie lange muß ich meinen Geist mit Sinnen,
Mein Herz mit Sorgen täglich quälen?
Wie lange noch mein Feind obsiegen?
* * *
4. Schau herab! erhöre mich! Ach Ewiger! mein Gott!
Erleuchte meine Augen wieder,
Daß ich des Todes nicht entschlafe.
5. Sonst spricht mein Feind: "den überwand ich!"
Frohlocken Widersacher meines Falles.
* * *
6. Doch ich vertraue deiner Güte,
Mein Herz frohlockt, ob deiner Hülfe,
Dem Ewigen singe [ich]1; denn er that mir wohl.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Psalmen. Uebersetzt von Moses Mendelssohn. Mit allergnädigsten Freyheiten. Berlin, bey Friedrich Maurer, 1783, pages 23-24; and with Moses Mendelssohn's sämmtliche Werke. Achter Band. Enthält: die Psalmen. Wörtlich nach der vierten Original-Auflage. Ofen, u. Groß-Wardein 1819. In der Paul Burian'schen Buchhandlung, pages 36-37.
1 omitted in Mendelssohn's complete edition (1819)Text Authorship:
- by Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786), "Psalm XIII", first published 1783 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm XIII"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der 13. Psalm", D 663 (1819), published 1927, first performed 1927 [ voice, piano ], fragment: the final 6 bars are lost and were supplemented by E. Mandyczewski [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Salm XIII", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Psalm 13", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ted Perry , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 104
1. For the master singer, a Psalm by David.
2. Oh, Lord! For how long are you going to forget me so totally?
For how long are you going to hide your face from me?
3. For how long will I have to torment my spirit with worries,
For how long will my heart be disturbed every day with cares?
For how long is my enemy going to remain victorious?
4. Look down! Listen to me! Oh, eternal one, my God!
Put light in my eyes again
So that I do not fall asleep in death.
5. Otherwise my enemy will say: "I defeated him!"
And adversaries will rejoice in my downfall.
6. Yet I trust in your goodness,
My heart rejoices over your support,
I shall sing to the eternal one, for he has been good to me.
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Translations of title(s):
"Psalm XIII" = "Psalm XIII"
"Der 13. Psalm" = "The 13th Psalm"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Malcolm Wren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786), "Psalm XIII", first published 1783
Based on:
- a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm XIII"
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 139