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 I take counsel in my soul] i.e. Conceal my grief, saith Aben Ezra, which is no small aggravation of it; or, How long shall I toss and tumble in my mind sundry counsels and purposes, but all to no purpose? This is no small affliction, when we try all courses to get out of durance, and nothing will do. Such must needs have much sorrow in their hearts.
Having sorrow in my heart daily?] Heb. by day, sc. when others are full of business and forget their sorrows, saith R. David. But the Greek rendereth it, day and night. David was a cheerful man, and a great musician; but at this time heaviness had possessed his heart, and his harp would not relieve him. Sadness of spirit had dried up his bones, Proverbs 17:22, and made him a very bag of bones, a bottle in the smoke, shrinking away to nothing almost. See Proverbs 12:25; Proverbs 15:13, See Trapp on " Pro 12:25 " See Trapp on " Pro 15:13 "