Бёрд Уильям - O Lord, how long wilt thou forget - текст песни (слова)

O Lord, how long wilt thou forget,
 to send mee some relife,
 For ever wilt thou hide thy face,
 and so increase my griefe?
 How long shall I with vexed heart,
 seeke counsell in my spirit?
 How long shall my malicious foes,
 triumph and mee despite?
 O Lord my God, heare my complaint,
 uttered with wofull breath:
 Lighten mine eyes, defend my lyfe,
 that I sleep not in death.
 Least that mine enemie say, I have
 against him loe prevayl'd:
 At my downefall they will rejoyce,
 that thus have mee assayl'd.
 But in thy mercie Lord I trust,
 for that shall mee defend:
 My heart doth joye, to see the help,
 which thou to mee wilt send.
 Unto the Lord therefore I sing,
 and do lift up my voyce:
 And for his goodnesse shew'd to mee,
 I will alway rejoyce.
 (Anonymous metrical version of Psalm 13)