Psalm 13:2

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Psalm 13:2

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Summary

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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Sorrow

Enemy

Exalted

General references

Job 23:8

Psalm 74:10

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

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In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.

Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.

"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

Sorrow

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

My joy is gone; grief is upon me; my heart is sick within me.

You said, 'Woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.'

Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me."

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Enemy

lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David's enemy continually.

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the LORD reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. "O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!"

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

Exalted

All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Her foes have become the head; her enemies prosper, because the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her children have gone away, captives before the foe.

When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

General references

"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.