Psalm Challenge #13

Psalm 13

To the choirmaster. A psalm of David.

1. How long, O Lord?

Wilt thou forget me forever?

How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2. How long must I bear pain in my soul,

and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3. Consider and answer me, O Lord my God,

lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4. lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him";

lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

5. But I have trusted in thy steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

I will sing to the Lord,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

(From the Revised Standard Version.)

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Picture 1: Sculpture by Native American artist Allan Hauser,
taken in the Allan Hauser Sculpture Gardens,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001.

Picture 2: Sculpture by norwegian artist Gustav Vigeland,
taken in his gallery in Oslo.

Picture 3: Entrance gate to a cholera cemetery, 

established after the cholera epidemic of 1849, 

a long way from any houses, 

but close to the sea as the dead were brought in by boat. 

It is located not far from where I live.

Picture 4: Sculpture by Native American artist Allan Hauser,
taken in the Allan Hauser Sculpture Gardens,

Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001.

Picture 5: Food on board the Legend of the Seas,
while cruising the Mediterranean, 2007.

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A weekly psalm challenge.

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