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How long will my enemy triumph over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, <i>having</i> sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, <i>Having</i> sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long am I to feel anxious in my soul, <i>With</i> grief in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, <i>Having</i> sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, <i>Having</i> sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />How long must I take counsel in my soul, <i>Having</i> sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy exalt himself <i>and</i> triumph over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />How long must I be confused and miserable all day? How long will my enemies keep beating me down? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How long must I make decisions alone with sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />How long must I endure trouble? How long will sorrow fill my heart day and night? How long will my enemies triumph over me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Until when do I set counsels in my soul, "" [With] sorrow in my heart daily? Until when is my enemy exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou wholly forget me? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 12:2>How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How long, LORD? Will you utterly forget me? How long will you hide your face from me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How long shall I keep sorrow in my soul and misery in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />How long will you put sorrow in my soul and misery in my heart every day? How long will my enemies be exalted against me?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />How long shall I take counsel in my soul, <i>having</i> sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/13-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=1107" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/13.htm">How Long, O LORD?</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">How long</a> <a href="/hebrew/575.htm" title="575: ’ā·nāh (Adv) -- Where? whither?. Or manah; contracted from 'aiyn; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: ’ā·šîṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place.">must I wrestle</a> <a href="/hebrew/6098.htm" title="6098: ‘ê·ṣō·wṯ (N-fs) -- Counsel, advice. From ya'ats; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: bə·nap̄·šî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">in my soul,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3015.htm" title="3015: yā·ḡō·wn (N-ms) -- Grief, sorrow. From yagah; affliction.">with sorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: bil·ḇā·ḇî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">in my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3119.htm" title="3119: yō·w·mām (Adv) -- Daytime, by day. From yowm; daily.">each day?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">How long</a> <a href="/hebrew/575.htm" title="575: ’ā·nāh (Adv) -- Where? whither?. Or manah; contracted from 'aiyn; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither."></a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yə·ḇî (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 1cs) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">will my enemy</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: yā·rūm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">dominate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">me?</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9-11</a></span><br />I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” / Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” / Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Psalm 77:7-9</a></span><br />“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? / Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? / Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-3.htm">Psalm 6:3</a></span><br />My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-1.htm">Psalm 10:1</a></span><br />Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-17.htm">Psalm 35:17</a></span><br />How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">Psalm 89:46</a></span><br />How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/94-3.htm">Psalm 94:3-4</a></span><br />How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? / They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-19.htm">Job 7:19</a></span><br />Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/13-24.htm">Job 13:24</a></span><br />Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20</a></span><br />Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm">Habakkuk 1:2</a></span><br />How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a></span><br />About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-34.htm">Mark 15:34</a></span><br />At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7</a></span><br />Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?</p><p class="hdg">take</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Psalm 77:2-12</a></b></br> In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/94-18.htm">Psalm 94:18,19</a></b></br> When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Psalm 142:4-7</a></b></br> I looked on <i>my</i> right hand, and beheld, but <i>there was</i> no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul… </p><p class="hdg">sorrow</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-17.htm">Psalm 38:17</a></b></br> For I <i>am</i> ready to halt, and my sorrow <i>is</i> continually before me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Psalm 116:3</a></b></br> The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/2-2.htm">Nehemiah 2:2</a></b></br> Wherefore the king said unto me, Why <i>is</i> thy countenance sad, seeing thou <i>art</i> not sick? this <i>is</i> nothing <i>else</i> but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,</p><p class="hdg">enemy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Psalm 7:2,4,5</a></b></br> Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending <i>it</i> in pieces, while <i>there is</i> none to deliver… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Psalm 8:2</a></b></br> Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Psalm 9:6</a></b></br> O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.</p><p class="hdg">exalted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-7.htm">Psalm 22:7,8</a></b></br> All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, <i>saying</i>, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-18.htm">Psalm 31:18</a></b></br> Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-10.htm">Psalm 42:10</a></b></br> <i>As</i> with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where <i>is</i> thy God?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/5-10.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/psalms/5-10.htm">Counsels</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/job/38-21.htm">Doubt</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/psalms/12-8.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/psalms/12-2.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/exodus/4-24.htm">Inn</a> <a href="/job/34-6.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/job/41-12.htm">Power</a> <a href="/psalms/10-14.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/psalms/11-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/10-7.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/psalms/12-4.htm">Triumph</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Wrestle</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/25-18.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/psalms/14-6.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/psalms/16-7.htm">Counsels</a> <a href="/psalms/42-10.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm">Doubt</a> <a href="/psalms/13-4.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/psalms/18-46.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/psalms/13-5.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/luke/2-7.htm">Inn</a> <a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/psalms/20-6.htm">Power</a> <a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/psalms/16-2.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/14-6.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/psalms/20-5.htm">Triumph</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Wrestle</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/13-1.htm">David complains of delay</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/13-3.htm">He prays for preventing grace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/13-5.htm">He boasts of divine mercy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>How long must I wrestle in my soul</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep internal struggle, a common theme in the Psalms where the psalmist often expresses personal anguish and spiritual turmoil. The wrestling in the soul can be seen as a metaphor for the inner conflict between faith and doubt, a struggle that believers throughout history have faced. This internal battle is reminiscent of Jacob wrestling with God in <a href="/genesis/32-24.htm">Genesis 32:24-30</a>, symbolizing a transformative encounter with the divine. The soul's wrestling indicates a profound yearning for God's presence and intervention, highlighting the human condition's vulnerability and dependence on divine grace.<p><b>with sorrow in my heart each day?</b><br>The daily sorrow mentioned here underscores the persistent nature of the psalmist's distress. In the ancient Near Eastern context, expressions of sorrow were often linked to lamentation and mourning, which were integral parts of the cultural and religious practices. This ongoing sorrow can be connected to the broader biblical narrative of suffering and redemption, as seen in the lamentations of Jeremiah and the sufferings of Job. The phrase also foreshadows the sorrow that Jesus Christ experienced, particularly in the Garden of Gethsemane (<a href="/matthew/26-36.htm">Matthew 26:36-39</a>), where He bore the weight of humanity's sins.<p><b>How long will my enemy dominate me?</b><br>The mention of an enemy dominating the psalmist points to a tangible external threat, which could be a personal adversary or a broader representation of evil forces. In the historical context, David, the attributed author of this psalm, faced numerous enemies, including King Saul and foreign nations. This domination by enemies is a recurring theme in the Psalms, reflecting the ongoing struggle between good and evil. It also prefigures the ultimate victory of Christ over sin and death, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/15-25.htm">1 Corinthians 15:25-26</a>, where Christ is depicted as subduing all His enemies. The cry for deliverance from enemies resonates with the hope for divine justice and the establishment of God's kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of this Psalm, David is expressing a deep personal lament and struggle, seeking God's intervention.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_enemy.htm">The Enemy</a></b><br>While not specified, the "enemy" could refer to personal adversaries, spiritual forces, or even internal struggles that David is facing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_soul.htm">The Soul</a></b><br>Represents the inner being of David, where he experiences turmoil and sorrow.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sorrow.htm">Sorrow</a></b><br>A profound emotional state that David is experiencing daily, indicating a prolonged period of distress.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/domination.htm">Domination</a></b><br>The sense of being overpowered or oppressed by the enemy, whether external or internal.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_prolonged_suffering.htm">The Reality of Prolonged Suffering</a></b><br>Believers may experience extended periods of sorrow and struggle, which are acknowledged in Scripture as part of the human condition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_honest_prayer.htm">The Importance of Honest Prayer</a></b><br>David's candid expression of his feelings before God encourages believers to be honest in their prayers, bringing their deepest concerns to the Lord.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>While the question "How long?" reflects impatience, it also points to the need for trust in God's perfect timing and sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare_awareness.htm">Spiritual Warfare Awareness</a></b><br>Recognizing the presence of enemies, whether spiritual or physical, calls believers to be vigilant and rely on God's strength for victory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Despite the current sorrow, believers are reminded of the hope and assurance of God's eventual deliverance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_plead_for_godand#8217;s_attention_in_psalm_13_2.htm">Why does the psalmist plead for God’s attention in Psalm 13:2 if other biblical texts claim God never abandons the faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_psalms_of_lament.htm">What are the Psalms of Lament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_biblical_meaning_of_lament.htm">What is the biblical meaning of lament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_psalm_13's_distress.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence that supports the specific distress described in Psalm 13? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Take counsel.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">put plans unto my soul. </span>The plans (LXX., <span class= "greekheb">??????</span>) formed in the mind turn to sorrows as they are frustrated. It is, however, so doubtful whether <span class= "ital">nephesh </span>can stand for the <span class= "ital">mind, </span>that it is better to render, <span class= "ital">how long shall I form plans against my soul </span>(having) <span class= "ital">sorrow in my heart all the day? </span>The next verse confirms the suspicion that suicide had been in the psalmist's mind.<p><span class= "bld">Daily.</span>--There is a doubt about this rendering; but so Symmachus, and many moderns, relying on <a href="/ezekiel/30-16.htm" title="And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.">Ezekiel 30:16</a>, "distresses daily."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How long shall I take counsel in my soul?</span> or, <span class="accented">How long shall I arrange</span> plans? (Kay). Tossing on a sea of doubt and perplexity, David forms plan after plan, but to no purpose. He seeks to find a way of escape from his difficulties, but cannot discover one. Having sorrow in my heart daily; or, <span class="accented">all the day.</span> It is, perhaps, implied that the plans are formed and thought over at night. How long shall mine enemy be exalted ever me? A special enemy is once more glanced at. The allusion seems to be to Saul (comp. <a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Psalm 7:2, 5, 11-16</a>; <a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Psalm 8:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Psalm 9:6, 16</a>; <a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Psalm 10:2-11, 15</a>; <a href="/psalms/11-5.htm">Psalm 11:5</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/13-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How long</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must I wrestle</span><br /><span class="heb">אָשִׁ֪ית</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·šîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm">Strong's 7896: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in my soul,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">with sorrow</span><br /><span class="heb">יָג֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḡō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3015.htm">Strong's 3015: </a> </span><span class="str2">Grief, sorrow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְבָבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bil·ḇā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each day?</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹמָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3119.htm">Strong's 3119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daytime, by day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">How long</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will my enemy</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹיְבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·yə·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dominate</span><br /><span class="heb">יָר֖וּם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me?</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/13-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 13:2 How long shall I take counsel (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/13-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 13:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 13:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/13-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 13:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 13:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>