Psalms 13 · Verse 2

Psalms 13:2

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms 13:2, King James Version

Psalms 13:2 in other translations

BSBHow long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
WEBHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
ASVHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
YLTTill when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?
DARBYHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
BBEHow long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?
WebsterHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

What does Psalms 13:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. The counsels or devices of his heart afford no relief.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Take 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 13:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אָ֨נָה'A.nahwhen?H575
אָשִׁ֪ית'a.Shitwill I setH7896
עֵצ֡וֹתe.Tzotcounsel<s>H6098
בְּנַפְשִׁ֗יbe.naf.Shiin soul myH5315
יָג֣וֹןya.GonsorrowH3015
בִּלְבָבִ֣יbil.va.Viin heart myH3824
יוֹמָ֑םyo.Mamby dayH3119
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אָ֓נָה\׀'A.nahwhen?H575
יָר֖וּםya.Rumwill he be exaltedH7311
אֹיְבִ֣י'o.ye.Vienemy myH341
עָלָֽי\׃'a.Laiover meH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 13:2

  • Micah 7:8-10

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • Jeremiah 8:18

    When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  • Jeremiah 15:18

    Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

  • Proverbs 15:13

    A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Psalms 143:3-4

    For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Lamentations 1:5

    Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

  • Job 23:8-10

    Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Psalms 142:4-7

    I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

  • Job 10:15

    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

  • Ecclesiastes 5:17

    All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  • Psalms 123:3-4

    Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Psalms 9:6

    O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
take.
77:2-12; 94:18,19; 142:4-7; Job 7:12-15; 9:19-21,27,28; 10:15
Job 23:8-10; Jer 15:18
sorrow.
38:17; 116:3; Ne 2:2; Pr 15:13; Ec 5:17; Jer 8:18; 45:3; Mt 26:38
Joh 16:6; Ro 9:2; Php 2:27
enemy.
7:2,4,5; 8:2; 9:6; 10:18; 17:9; 74:10,18; 1Sa 18:29; 24:19; Es 7:6
La 1:9; Mic 7:8-10
exalted.
22:7,8; 31:18; 42:10; 44:14-16; 123:3,4; 143:3,4; La 1:5; Lu 22:53

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 13:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Psalms 13:2

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

  • Psalms 13:3

    Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

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Psalms 13:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Hasta cuándo pondré consejos en mi alma, con ansiedad en mi corazón cada día? ¿Hasta cuándo será enaltecido mi enemigo sobre mí?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Jusques à quand, ô Éternel, m’oublieras-tu toujours? Jusques à quand cacheras-tu ta face de moi?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Bis wann soll ich Ratschläge hegen in meiner Seele, Kummer in meinem Herzen bei Tage? Bis wann soll sich mein Feind über mich erheben?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dominus de cælo prospexit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.