Psalms 13:2

Psalms 13:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
• New International Version (NIV)How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Context of Psalms 13:2

1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me? 3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death, 4And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

Psalms 13:2 word by word

עַד־אָ֨נָה אָשִׁ֪ית עֵצ֡וֹת בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י יָג֣וֹן בִּלְבָבִ֣י יוֹמָ֑ם עַד־אָ֓נָה׀ יָר֖וּם אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How long shall I takeשִׁיתshîyth · to set: considerH7896
• counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• in my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• sorrowיָגוֹןyâgôn · sorrowH3015
• in my heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• dailyיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• how long shall mine enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• be exaltedרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311

Cross-references for Psalms 13:2

• Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted.
• Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot has slipped,” Your compassion and lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.
• Psalms 142:4Look to the right [the point of attack] and see; For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor]. Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run; No one cares about my life.
• Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty! And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?
• Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.
• Job 23:8“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there; I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;
• Jeremiah 15:18Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook With water that is unreliable?
• Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall; My sorrow is continually before me.
• Psalms 116:3The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
• Nehemiah 2:2So the king said to me, “Why do you look sad when you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very frightened,
• Proverbs 15:13A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face, But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17All of his life he also eats in darkness [cheerlessly, without sweetness and light], with great frustration, sickness, and anger.
• Jeremiah 8:18Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing], My heart is sick and faint within me!
• Jeremiah 45:3‘You said, “Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and sighing and I find no rest.” ’
• Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, so that I am almost dying of sorrow. Stay here and stay awake and keep watch with Me.”

Commentaries on Psalms 13:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take counsel in my soul - I am continually framing ways and means of deliverance; but they all come to naught, because thou comest not to my deliverance. When a soul feels the burden and guilt of sin, it tries innumerable schemes of self-recovery; but they are all useless. None but God can speak peace to a guilty conscience. Mine enemy be exalted - Satan appears to triumph while the soul lies under the curse of a broken law.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How long - This refers to the third aspect of the case, or the third phase of the trouble, that is, that he was perplexed and embarrassed, having a deep and heavy sorrow in his heart, and he asks how long this was to continue. “Shall I take counsel in my soul.” This refers to the methods which he endeavored to devise to escape from trouble. He was perplexed, persecuted, and apparently forsaken; and being thus apparently forsaken, he was constrained to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2A feeling of deep sadness and pain can make it hard to see any hope (Psalm 6:3). Without God’s answer to his prayers (Psalm 22:1), death seems unavoidable, painful, and slow (Psalms 6:6; 32:3; 55:4; 61:2; 102:5; 116:3). The psalmist struggles to pray and longs for God's redemption (Psalms 25:17–18; 31:10; 38:8; 39:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The counsels or devices of his heart afford no relief.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 13:2

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• Septuagint

Commentaries on Psalms 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings