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

Take

In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

When I thought, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Yahweh, supported me.

look to [my] right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for 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 matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him.

Why is my pain endless, and my wound incurable? It refuses to become healed. Truly you are to me like a deceitful [brook], waters [that] are not trustworthy.

Sorrow

For I [am] ready to stumble, and my pain [is] before me continually.

[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.

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

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

Also, he eats in darkness all his days; he is frustrated [in] much sickness and resentment.

"My comfort [is gone] from me, sorrow [is] on me, my heart [is] sick.

'You said, "Woe please to me, for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary in my groaning and I do not find rest." '

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

But because I have said these [things] to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

that my grief is great and [there is] constant distress in my heart.

For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not [on] him only, but also [on] me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.

Enemy

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.

From the mouth of children and infants you have founded strength on account of your enemies, to silence [the] enemy and [the] avenger.

The enemies are destroyed [in] ruins forever, and you have uprooted [their] cities; their very memory has perished.

to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

How long, O God, will [the] adversary taunt? Will [the] enemy treat your name with contempt forever?

Saul {was threatened by David still more}, so Saul {became a perpetual enemy of David}.

For a man has found his enemy but sent him on [his] way safely. Now may Yahweh reward you with good in return for this day, for what you have done for me.

And Esther said, "The adversary and enemy [is] this evil Haman!" And Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

Her uncleanness [was] in her skirts; she did not remember her future, she has descended beyond understanding, there is no comforter for her. See, O Yahweh, my persecution! [My] enemy has been made great!

You should not rejoice over me, O my enemy! When I fall I will stand up; when I sit in darkness Yahweh [will be] a light for me.

Exalted

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:

Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.

[As] with a shattering in my bones my oppressors taunt me, while they say to me {all day}, "Where [is] your God?"

You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of [the] head among [the] peoples.

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

For [the] enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like [those] long dead.

Her foes have become [her] {master}, her enemies are at ease; Yahweh has made her suffer because of the greatness of her transgressions. Her children have gone away, captive before the foe.

Every day [when] I was with you in the temple [courts], you did not stretch out [your] hands against me! But this is your hour and the domain of darkness!"

General references

"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him.

How long, O God, will [the] adversary taunt? Will [the] enemy treat your name with contempt forever?

Blessed [are] the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.