How Long?

How long, how long, how long? 
Hope deferred makes the heart sick 
Who can bear a broken spirit?  

How long O Lord? Will you forget me forever? 
How long will You hide Your face from me? 
How long shall I take counsel in my soul? 
Consider and hear me O Lord my God 
Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death 
But I have trusted in Your mercy 

I will sing to the Lord 
Because He has dealt bountifully with me 
When he opened the fifth seal 
I saw under the altar the souls 
Slain for the word of God 
And testimony they held 
They cried with a loud voice saying 
How long O Lord, holy and true 
Until you judge and avenge our blood 
On those who dwell on the earth? 

Rest a little while longer, brethren