How long will you forget me, LORD?

Free Church of Scotland psalter · C.M.

The words

How long will you forget me, LORD? Will you forget always? How long, LORD, will you hide your face and turn from me your gaze?

How long must I be sad each day in deep perplexity? How long will my opponent stand in triumph over me?

O LORD my God, consider me and give me your reply. Light up my eyes or I will sleep the sleep of those who die.

Then would my enemy declare, “At last I’ve laid him low!” And so my foes would sing for joy to see my overthrow.

But still I trust your constant love; you save and set me free. With joy I will extol the LORD who has been good to me.

Source & provenance

Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter

An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.

Full provenance & rights

Base edition: Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
Editor: Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
Editing: unedited transcription

Rights

Copyright: rights-verified (display held); FCS terms recorded 2026-10-08 — verbatim text in a notated setting with independent tune MIDI is within terms (text free, FCS attribution displayed); copy/print/offline not granted; no audio derivatives
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Tunes it can be sung to

3 tunes

Bays of Harris
curated well-matched
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Cheshire
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St. Kilda
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