Psalm 13 – A Prayer to Hurry Up Deliverance
Rev. Elizabeth Dilley, 2023

Look, God, I know a thousand years are like one day for you, 
but one single day of your face hidden from sight is like a thousand years for me!
How much longer must I endure the pain of this separation? 
How many days must I go on walking, lying down, crying, 
with only this huge gaping hole in my heart? 

People are celebrating my downfall; those who hate me rise and rise.
I need an answer! I need you! 
I am dying here, with the light and hope of my life fading; 
and won’t that make my enemies happier than anything?!

But I trusted in you before – it feels like a thousand years ago – and so 
I will trust again. 
I will rejoice in your salvation because your love does not end, 
not for a thousand-thousand years.
That hole in my heart will be filled with a song of praise,
and your generosity will never be forgotten.
(But please hurry!)