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 continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die! 4Then my enemy will say, “I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended.

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 my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
• Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.
• Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
• Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’
• Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.
• Job 23:8“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?”
• Psalms 38:17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
• Nehemiah 2:2So the king said to me, “Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful.
• Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.
• Jeremiah 8:18Then I said, “There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
• Jeremiah 45:3‘You have said, “I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.”’”
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even 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