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Translation by Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786)

Psalm XIII
Language: Hebrew (עברית) 

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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 56

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hebrew (עברית) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG
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; denn er that mir wohl.

Composition:

    Set to music 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

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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: 97