Psalms Chapter 13 verse 2 Holy Bible
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?
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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?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
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Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow inn my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?
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Psalms 13 : 2 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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."
