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 Living Translation (NLT)How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

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 shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

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 sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.
• Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
• Psalms 142:4Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul.
• Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
• Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!
• Job 23:8“Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
• Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, As waters that fail?
• Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
• Psalms 116:3The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
• Nehemiah 2:2Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.” So I became dreadfully afraid,
• Proverbs 15:13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17All his days he also eats in darkness, And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.
• Jeremiah 8:18I would comfort myself in sorrow; My heart is faint in me.
• Jeremiah 45:3‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’
• Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and 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