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OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song by David.
⇔ Yahweh, for how long will you keep forgetting about me?
⇔ For how long will you hide yourself from me?

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ.
¶ Εἶπεν ἄφρων ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἔστι Θεός· διέφθειραν καὶ ἐβδελύχθησαν ἐν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν, οὐκ ἔστι ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.
( Eis to telos, psalmos tōi Dawid.
¶ Eipen afrōn en kardia autou, ouk esti Theos; dieftheiran kai ebdeluⱪthaʸsan en epitaʸdeumasin, ouk esti poiōn ⱪraʸstotaʸta, ouk estin heōs henos. )

BrTr For the end, a Psalm of David.
¶ The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

ULT For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
⇔ How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me?
⇔ How long will you hide your face from me?

UST A psalm written by David for the choir director
⇔ Yahweh, how long will you continue to forget about me?
⇔ Will you hide yourself from me forever?

BSB For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
⇔ How long, O LORD?
⇔ Will You forget me forever?
⇔ How long will You hide Your face from me?

OEB For the leader. A psalm of David.
⇔ How long, Lord, will you forget me forever?
⇔ How long will you hide your face from me?

WEBBE For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
⇔ How long, LORD?
⇔ Will you forget me forever?
⇔ How long will you hide your face from me?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the music director; a psalm of David.
⇔ How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me?
⇔ How long will you pay no attention to me?

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH,
Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your face from me?

FBV For the music director. A psalm of David.
⇔ How long, Lord, are you going to forget me? Forever? How long will you turn away from me?

T4T Yahweh, how long will you continue to forget about me [RHQ]?
⇔ Will you hide yourself [SYN] from me forever?

LEB • How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

BBE To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
⇔ Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. A song of David.
⇔ Eternal One, how long wilt thou forget me?
⇔ How long wilt thou withhold thy favour from me?

JPS (13-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (13-2) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?

ASV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever?
⇔ How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

DRA Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God, They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.

YLT To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? — for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

Drby To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

RV For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
⇔ How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Wbstr To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
⇔ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?[fn]
(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
⇔ How long wilt/will thou/you forget me, O LORD? forever? how long wilt/will thou/you hide thy/your face from me? )

13.1 chief…: or, overseer

KJB-1611 ¶ To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme of Dauid. ¶ How long wilt thou forget mee (O LORD) for euer? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps To the chiefe musition, a Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wylt thou forget me O God, for euer? howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me?
(To the chief musician, a Psalm of David. How long wilt/will thou/you forget me O God, forever? how long wilt/will thou/you hyde thy/your face from me?)

Gnva To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
(To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David. How long wilt/will thou/you forget me, O Lord, forever? how long wilt/will thou/you hide thy/your face from me? )

Cvdl How longe wilt thou forget me, o LORDE? for euer? how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me?
(How long wilt/will thou/you forget me, o LORD? forever? how long wilt/will thou/you hyde thy/your face from me?)

Wycl The `title of the threttenthe salm. To the victorie of Dauid. The vnwise man seide in his herte, God is not. Thei ben corrupt, and ben maad abhomynable in her studies; noon is that doith good, noon is til to oon.
(The `title of the threttenthe psalm. To the victory of David. The unwise man said in his heart, God is not. They been corrupt, and been made abhomynable in her studies; noon is that doith good, noon is till to one.)

Luth Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen.
(A Psalm Davids, to_sing_to.)

ClVg In finem. Psalmus David. [Dixit insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus. Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in studiis suis; non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.[fn]
(In finem. Psalmus David. [Dixit insipiens in corde his_own: Non it_is God. Corrupti are, and abominabiles facti are in studiis to_his_own; not/no it_is who let_him_do bonum, not/no it_is until to one. )

13.1 Dixit insipiens. CASS. Increpatio Judæorum, descripta eorum malitia. Primus psalmus de increpatione Judæorum, etc., usque ad hic homo non est Deus.

13.1 Dixit insipiens. CASS. Increpatio Yudæorum, descripta their malitia. Primus psalmus about increpatione Yudæorum, etc., until to this human not/no it_is God.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

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(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

For the chief musician

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

Alternate translation: “This is for the director of music to use in worship.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me?

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

This question is asked to get the reader’s attention and to add emphasis. If your readers would misunderstand this question, you can express it as a statement. Alternate translation: “Yahweh, it seems that you have forgotten about me!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

How long & face from me?

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director song of,David )

The words “your face” represent God’s whole being. This rhetorical question is asked to add emphasis. If your readers would misunderstand this question, you can express it as a statement. Alternate translation: “It seems like you are hiding from me!” (See also: figs-rquestion)

Parallel PSA 13:1

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