Psalm 13:2 Parallel Translations

How long must I make decisions alone with sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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?

BBE:

How 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?

DBY:

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

ERV:

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?

JPS:

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?

WBS:

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

WEB:

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

YLT:

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

Psalm 13:2 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 42:4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Psalm 42:9 I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

13:2 How long shall I take {b} counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
(b) Changing my purposes as the sick man does his place.

WES:

13:2 How long - Shall I be in such perplexities, not knowing what course to take?

MHC:

13:1-6 The psalmist complains that God had long withdrawn. He earnestly prays for comfort. He assures himself of an answer of peace. - God sometimes hides his face, and leaves his own children in the dark concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any outward trouble whatever. But anxious cares are heavy burdens with which believers often load themselves more than they need. The bread of sorrows is sometimes the saint's daily bread; our Master himself was a man of sorrows. It is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think that it will last always. Those who have long been without joy, begin to be without hope. We should never allow ourselves to make any complaints but what drive us to our knees. Nothing is more killing to a soul than the want of God's favour; nothing more reviving than the return of it. The sudden, delightful changes in the book of Psalms, are often very remarkable. We pass from depth of despondency to the height of religious confidence and joy. It is thus, ver. 5. All is gloomy dejection in ver. 4; but here the mind of the despondent worshipper rises above all its distressing fears, and throws itself, without reserve, on the mercy and care of its Divine Redeemer. See the power of faith, and how good it is to draw near to God. If we bring our cares and griefs to the throne of grace, and leave them there, we may go away like Hannah, and our countenances will be no more said, 1Sa 1:18. God's mercy is the support of the psalmist's faith. Finding I have that to trust to, I am comforted, though I have no merit of my own. His faith in God's mercy filled his heart with joy in his salvation; for joy and peace come by believing. He has dealt bountifully with me. By faith he was as confident of salvation, as if it had been completed already. In this way believers pour out their prayers, renouncing all hopes but in the mercy of God through the Saviour's blood: and sometimes suddenly, at others gradually, they will find their burdens removed, and their comforts restored; they then allow that their fears and complaints were unnecessary, and acknowledge that the Lord hath dealt bountifully with them.

CONC:

Bear Counsel Counsels Daily Doubt Enemy Exalted Heart Inn Pain Power Sorrow Soul Thoughts Till Triumph

Bear Counsel Counsels Daily Doubt Enemy Exalted Heart Inn Pain Power Sorrow Soul Thoughts Triumph Wrestle

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