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, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3Consider me and answer, Lord my God. Restore brightness to my eyes; otherwise, I will sleep in death. 4My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,” and my foes will rejoice because 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 77:2I sought the Lord in my day of trouble. My hands were continually lifted up all night long; I refused to be comforted.
• Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your faithful love will support me, Lord.
• Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see: no one stands up for me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares about me.
• Job 7:12Am I the sea or a sea monster, that you keep me under guard?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
• Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am filled with shame and have drunk deeply of my affliction.
• Job 23:8If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why has my pain become unending, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You truly have become like a mirage to me — water that is not reliable.
• Psalms 38:17For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death were wrapped around me, and the torments of Sheol overcame me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.
• Nehemiah 2:2so the king said to me, “Why do you look so sad, when you aren’t sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
• Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much frustration, sickness, and anger.
• Jeremiah 8:18My joy has flown away; grief has settled on me. My heart is sick.
• Jeremiah 45:3‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.”’
• Matthew 26:38He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake 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