Psalms 13:2

¹ How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

³ Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

⁴ lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
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?
WEB: How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
ASV: How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
DARBY: How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
BLB: Until when shall I set counsel in my soul, [and] sorrow in my heart daily? Until when will my enemy be raised high over me?

ÅB: Hvor lenge skal jeg ha sorg i sjelen,
og lide i hjertet dagen lang?
Hvor lenge skal fienden min opphøye seg over meg?
OTB: Hvor lenge skal jeg bære denne bekymringen i min sjel,
Med sorg i mitt hjerte hele dagen?
Hvor lenge skal min fiende triumfere over meg?
B1930: Hvor lenge skal jeg huse sorgfulle tanker i min sjel, kummer i mitt hjerte den hele dag? Hvor lenge skal min fiende ophøie sig over mig?

Micah 7:8–10
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
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Jeremiah 8:18
My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
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Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
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Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
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Psalms 143:3–4
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
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Lamentations 1:5
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
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Job 23:8–10
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
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Psalms 142:4–7
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
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