Psalms 13:2
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
3Consider [and] answer me, O LORD my God. Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the death,
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy continually.
Nehemiah 2:2And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.
Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint. I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer,
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,
Psalms 7:2lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 13:2-6
David's Complaints and Prayers Turned into Praises. 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall… Read the whole commentary →