Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? New Living Translation 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? English Standard Version 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? Berean Standard Bible How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? King James Bible How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? New King James Version How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? New American Standard Bible How long am I to feel anxious in my soul, With grief in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? NASB 1995 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? NASB 1977 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? Legacy Standard Bible 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? Amplified Bible How long must I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me? Christian Standard Bible How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? Holman Christian Standard Bible How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? American Standard Version 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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? Brenton Septuagint Translation How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Contemporary English Version How long must I be confused and miserable all day? How long will my enemies keep beating me down? Douay-Rheims Bible How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day? English Revised Version 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation How long must I make decisions alone with sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Good News Translation How long must I endure trouble? How long will sorrow fill my heart day and night? How long will my enemies triumph over me? International Standard Version 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? JPS Tanakh 1917 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? Literal Standard Version Until when do I set counsels in my soul, | [With] sorrow in my heart daily? Until when is my enemy exalted over me? Majority Standard Bible How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? New American Bible How long, LORD? Will you utterly forget me? How long will you hide your face from me? NET Bible How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? New Revised Standard Version 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? New Heart English Bible How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? Webster's Bible Translation How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? World English Bible How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? Young's Literal Translation Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Long, O LORD?1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,… Cross References Psalm 31:10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. Psalm 38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. Psalm 42:4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. Psalm 42:9 I say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy's oppression?" Psalm 89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. Habakkuk 1:2 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? Treasury of Scripture How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? take Psalm 77:2-12 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… Psalm 94:18,19 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up… Psalm 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… sorrow Psalm 38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Nehemiah 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, enemy Psalm 7:2,4,5 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver… Psalm 8:2 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. Psalm 9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. exalted Psalm 22:7,8 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, … Psalm 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Psalm 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? Jump to Previous Bear Counsel Counsels Daily Doubt Enemy Exalted Heart Inn Pain Power Sorrow Soul Thoughts Triumph WrestleJump to Next Bear Counsel Counsels Daily Doubt Enemy Exalted Heart Inn Pain Power Sorrow Soul Thoughts Triumph WrestlePsalm 13 1. David complains of delay3. He prays for preventing grace 5. He boasts of divine mercy (2) Take counsel.--Literally, put plans unto my soul. The plans (LXX., ??????) formed in the mind turn to sorrows as they are frustrated. It is, however, so doubtful whether nephesh can stand for the mind, that it is better to render, how long shall I form plans against my soul (having) sorrow in my heart all the day? The next verse confirms the suspicion that suicide had been in the psalmist's mind. Daily.--There is a doubt about this rendering; but so Symmachus, and many moderns, relying on Ezekiel 30:16, "distresses daily." Verse 2. - How long shall I take counsel in my soul? or, How long shall I arrange 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, all the day. 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. Psalm 7:2, 5, 11-16; Psalm 8:2; Psalm 9:6, 16; Psalm 10:2-11, 15; Psalm 11:5).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew How longעַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while must I wrestle אָשִׁ֪ית (’ā·šîṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7896: To put, set in my soul, בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י (bə·nap̄·šî) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion with sorrow יָג֣וֹן (yā·ḡō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3015: Grief, sorrow in my heart בִּלְבָבִ֣י (bil·ḇā·ḇî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart each day? יוֹמָ֑ם (yō·w·mām) Adverb Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day How long עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while will my enemy אֹיְבִ֣י (’ō·yə·ḇî) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary dominate יָר֖וּם (yā·rūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise me? עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Psalm 13:2 NIVPsalm 13:2 NLT Psalm 13:2 ESV Psalm 13:2 NASB Psalm 13:2 KJV Psalm 13:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 13:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 13:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 13:2 French Bible Psalm 13:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 13:2 How long shall I take counsel (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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