To the Preeminent Musician
To the Superintendent of Temple Services
A Mizmor Of David
(Psalm 13)
How long will You ignore me,
O, YeHOWAH?
Will it continue without ceasing?
Have you forgotten me?
Have you ceased to care?
O, Self-Existent, Eternal One,
How long will You hide
Your faces
Because of me?
How long shall my regalia,
Those garments which I wear
During feast days,
Be laid waste?
Shall my eyes seek out the trail,
Shall my vital being
Follow the correct path,
Which the elders of the tribe
Have set in order?
How can I,
When I am
Become drunken
From the wine of affliction?
Once again,
The sun hangs low
Over the western waters,
And no hope springs forth.
I witness the mumblers,
Those who breathe threats,
Huffing and puffing,
I observe how they lift themselves up
Against me.
Behold, in Your dwelling place,
Look upon me and consider.
I gaze with pleasure
Toward my home.
O, Self-Existent, Eternal One,
YeHOWAH,
My ALOHIM,
With strong work,
Enlighten my eyes,
Kindle my understanding,
Lest that which I dread
Fix upon me,
And I fall into chaos,
The underworld,
The abode of the dead.
Lest those mumblers
Who speak against me,
Huffing and puffing,
Those haters who breathe threats
Against me–
Lest these boast,
“I did it!
I have been able
To master him.”
But I,
With sighs of longing,
Desire
That You guide
My journey
To a place of rest.
I cling to Your hand,
Dancing and spinning,
I leap for the joy
Within my heart
Because of Your Ye’shuah.
With a stringed instrument,
I play music,
I stroll about,
Singing praise,
Unto YeHOWAH.
For as a child,
I exist weaned,
Quieted,
Content,
For You have dealt bountifully
Unto me.
Pamela Glasgow
The Psalm Project represents my desire for a deeper understanding of the Word of YAHUAH. It is not a mechanical translation, a one-word-for-word exchange from Hebrew to English. We have those. This is is a lyrical adaptation of the many possibilities hidden in the Hebrew, arranged with consideration for the poetic and musical intent of the original writer. I pray you are as enriched in the reading as I was in the transcribing.
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