Psalms 13:2 · 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?”
— Psalms 13:2
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}
Consider {and} hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the {sleep of} death;
Psalms 13 — Context
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3Consider {and} hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the {sleep of} death;
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; {and} those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Cross References
Micah 7:8-10
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD {shall be} a light unto me.
Jeremiah 8:18
{When} I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart {is} faint in me. {in: Heb. upon}
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, {which} refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, {and as} waters {that} fail? {fail: Heb. be not sure?}
Lamentations 1:5
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
Psalms 143:3-4
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and {he hath} much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Job 23:8-10
Behold, I go forward, but he {is} not {there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: