Psalms 13:2
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
Nehemiah 2:2Wherefore the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid,
Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself :
Job 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Psalms 7:2Lest he 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 →