| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Psalme XIII | | XVIII. William Byrd |
| | | O LORD, how long wilt thou forget | |
| To send mee some reliefe? | |
| For euer wilt thou hide thy face, | |
| And so increase my griefe? | |
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| How long shall I, with waxed heart, | 5 |
| Seeke councell in my sprite? | |
| How long shall my malicious foes | |
| Triumph, and me despite? | |
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| O Lord, my God, heare my complaint, | |
| Vttered with wofull breath; | 10 |
| Lighten mine eies; defend my life, | |
| That I sleep not in death: | |
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| Least that mine enemie say, I haue | |
| Against him, loe, preuayled: | |
| At my downefall they will reioyce, | 15 |
| That thus haue me assayl’d. | |
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| But in thy mercie, Lord, I trust, | |
| For that shall mee defend: | |
| My hart doth ioy to see the help | |
| Which thou to mee wilt send. | 20 |
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| Vnto the Lord, therefore, I sing, | |
| And doe lift vp my voyce; | |
| And for his goodnesse shew’d to mee | |
| I will alway reioyce. | | | | |
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