Psalms 13:2
How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually.
Nehemiah 2:2And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:
Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?
Job 9:27If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
Job 23:8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
Psalms 7:2O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
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 →