Psalms 13:2

(13:3) How long shall I have to devise resolves in my soul, with grief in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy exalt himself over me?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

In Context

1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (13:2) How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

3(13:4) Look down, answer me, O Lord my God! enlighten my eyes, that I may not sleep the sleep of death;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy all the time.

Nehemiah 2:2Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.

Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sorrowful countenance, and recover my cheerfulness:

Job 23:8But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and I cannot perceive him;

Psalms 7:2(7:3) Lest he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with 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 →

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