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 make decisions alone with sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die 4and my enemy will say, “I have overpowered him.” My opponents will rejoice because I have been 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 77:2On the day I was in trouble, I went to the Lord for help. At night I stretched out my hands in prayer without growing tired. Yet, my soul refused to be comforted.
• Psalms 94:18When I said, “My feet are slipping,” your mercy, O Lord, continued to hold me up.
• Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me.
• Job 7:12“Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have set a guard over me?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, then he is the mighty one. If it is about justice, who will charge me with a crime?
• Job 10:15How terrible it will be for me if I’m guilty! Even if I’m righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am filled with disgrace while I look on my misery.
• Job 23:8However, if I go east, he isn’t there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to heal? Will you disappoint me like a stream that dries up in summertime?
• Psalms 38:17I am ready to fall. I am continually aware of my pain.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death became tangled around me. The horrors of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
• Nehemiah 2:2The king asked me, “Why do you look so sad? You aren’t sick, are you? You must be troubled about something.” (I was really afraid).
• Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but with a heartache comes depression.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17They spend their entire lives in darkness, in constant frustration, sickness, and resentment.
• Jeremiah 8:18Sorrow has overwhelmed me. I am sick at heart!
• Jeremiah 45:3You said, ‘I’m so miserable! The Lord has added grief to my pain. I’m worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.’
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My anguish is so great that I feel as if I’m dying. Wait 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