Psalms 13:2

How long shall I be in such perplexities and anxieties of mind, not knowing what course to take, nor how to get out of my troubles?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 13:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How long - This refers to the third aspect of the case, or the third phase of the trouble, that is, that he was perplexed and embarrassed, having...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 purpo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XIII. A Prayer in Distress with Confidence of Final Victory. Psalms 13:2 . Read, How long must I bear affliction on my soul? ( Psalms 13:2 a )...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

my soul . myself (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul? We know that men in adversity give way to discontent, and look around them, first to one quarte...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Take counsel in my soul -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How long shall I take counsel, &c.— Or, according to the original, revolve divers thoughts in my mind? as persons do who are reduced to the l...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? How long shall I tak...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Take counsel in my soul ] be compelled to make vain plans for my own deliverance.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Take counsel. — Literally, put plans unto my soul. The plans (LXX., βουλὰς) formed in the mind turn to sorrows as they are frustrated. It is, how...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 13:1-6 THIS little psalm begins in agitation, and ends in calm. The waves run high at first, but swiftly sink to rest, and at last lie peac...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bounty of God and the Folly of Men Psalms 13:1-6 ; Psalms 14:1-7 The first of these psalms evidently dates from the Sauline persecutions,...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This little psalm is very full of beauty as it traces the way by which many a tried and, tempest-tossed soul has found consolation and strength. Firs...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we keep in view the person of our Lord, whose desertions of the Father for our sins, which he bore, made him eminently distinguished in this in...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How long shall I take counsel in my soul ,.... Or "put it" s; to take counsel of good men and faithful friends, in matters of moment and difficulty,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Ver. 2. How long shall...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long wilt thou forget That is, neglect or disregard; me, O Lord? for ever? Shall it be during my whole life? How long wilt thou hide thy fac...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints and Prayers Turned into Praises. To the chief musician....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘How long, O YHWH? Will you forget me for ever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “In this psalm we see a servant of God, long and sorely tried by the persecutions of unrelenting enemies, and, as it seems to himself,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 13:1-2 . How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . This psalm was Israel's plaintive song in the time of trouble. It eased their hearts in captivity, that a bright morning would break,...
The Biblical Illustrator

How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord? Distress and confidence This little Psalm begins in agitation and ends in calm. However true it is that s...
The Biblical Illustrator

How long shall I take counsel in my soul? Plan making The literal rendering of this verse brings before us the folly of mere plan making. David...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE writer—again, according to the title, David—is reduced almost to utter despair. He has undergone lengthened persecution—the Div...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer for Relief in the Midst of Trouble. David may well apply as a type, so far as his experience during the persecution by Saul is concerned,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, being filled with worry and distress over the apparent neglect of Jehovah, having sorrow in my heart daily...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:29 ; 1 Samuel 24:19 ; Ecclesiastes 5:17 ; Esther 7:6 ; Jeremiah 15:18 ; Jeremiah 45:3 ; Jeremiah 8:18 ; Job 10:15 ; Job 23:8-10...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

How long — Shall I be in such perplexities, not knowing what course to take?

² How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 13:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 13:2