Psalm 13 | Ach, Heer! Hoe lang nog zult gij mij geheel vergeten?

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by Moses Mendelssohn (1729 - 1786)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ach, Herr! wie lange willst du mein so...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Hebrew (עברית)

Available translation(s): 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]¹; denn er that mir wohl.

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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)

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 text: Ted Perry , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 103

Psalm 13

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

1 Ach, Heer! Hoe lang nog zult gij mij geheel vergeten?
Hoe lang mij nog uw aangezicht verbergen?
2 Hoe lang ook moet ik nog mijn geest met piek'ren,
3 Mijn hart met zorgen daag'lijks kwellen?
4 Hoe lang zal nog mijn vijand winnen? Kijk omlaag! Verhoor mij toch! Ach, Eeuwige, mijn God!
Laat licht weer in mijn ogen komen, dat 'k aan de doodsslaap niet ten prooi val.
5 Anders zegt mijn vijand: 'Die overwon ik!'
En juichen tegenstanders om mijn neergang.
6 Maar ik verlaat mij op uw goedheid, mijn hart juicht blij om uw bescherming.
Voor d' Eeuwige jubel ik; want Hij deed mij wel.

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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: 2011-05-31
Line count: 10
Word count: 108