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Verse Psalms 13:2. _TAKE COUNSEL IN MY SOUL_] I am continually framing
ways and means of deliverance; but they all come to naught, because
thou comest not to my deliverance. When a soul feels the burd...
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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 a deep and heavy sorrow in his heart, and he asks how...
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Psalms 13
_ 1. How long? Answer me, Jehovah (Psalms 13:1)_
2. The victory of faith (Psalms 13:5)
Psalms 13:1. Four times “How long?” The tria
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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_) and in the same verse day and night (LXX, in some codices...
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MY SOUL. myself (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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Lit. How long shall I set counsels in my soul? devising one plan after
another in vain.
_daily_ The Heb. word means _by day_in contrast to _by night_(Psalms
22:2). We must either supply _and by night_...
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A reproachful expostulation in the hour of despair....
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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 last extremity, and very anxious and uncertain what resolu...
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PSALMS 13
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Sorely Tried Believer in Jehovah Expostulates, Entreats, and
Ultimately Exults.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 13:1-2, Expostulation; Stanza II., Psalms 13:3-4,
Entreaty;...
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_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 take (literally, put) counsel in my soul? - when
thou, the...
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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, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
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TAKE COUNSEL IN MY SOUL] be compelled to make vain plans for my own
deliverance....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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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, however, so doubtful whether _nephesh_ can stand
for the...
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Psalms 13:1
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 peacefully
glinting in sunshine. It falls into three strophe...
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THE BOUNTY OF GOD AND THE FOLLY OF MEN
Psalms 13:1; Psalms 14:1
The first of these psalms evidently dates from the Sauline
persecutions, 1 Samuel 19:1. Four times the persecuted soul cries,
_How long...
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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. First of all, there is the cry almost of despair. Foes...
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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 purposes as the sick man does his place....
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_God. Those only who seek God, understand their real interests.
(Haydock) --- The pagans, and particularly those of Babylon, lived in
the greatest dissolution, so as to call loudly for vengeance, ver....
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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 instance, as well as all others, for the greatness of...
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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
quarter, and then to another, in search of remedies. Especially,...
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In Psalms 13 the righteous is reduced to the lowest point of distress
as far as evil from men goes. It is as if God had entirely and
definitely forgotten him. His enemy was exalted over him, and he
ta...
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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, is safe and right; and it is best of all to take cou...
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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,...
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_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 face?_ Withdraw thy favour and assistance? _How long s...
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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, to the believing sufferer and
Christian martyr of ev...
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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? There was no intermission in his troubles; all the...
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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?...
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Psalms 13:2 take H7896 (H8799) counsel H6098 soul H5315 sorrow H3015
heart H3824 daily H3119 enemy H341 ...
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‘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 in my heart by day?
How long shall my enemy be exa...
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Psalms 13:1. _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, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine e...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The believer's desires often turn to impatience, for days
seem long when the soul is cast down, but because God's f...
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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, and chase their night away; that God would make darkn...
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_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 is taking counsel in his own soul: inventing plans
of...
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_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 sorrow is “but for a moment,” it seems to last for an
e...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 13:1. This is an individual lament. The
worshiper is on the verge of despair.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 13:2 The ENEMY is typically one who hates. The
enemy’s hatred of the singer’s faithfulness leads him to gloat
over the singer’s misfortunes....
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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,
forgotten and forsaken of God, pouring out the agony...
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EXPOSITION
THE writer—again, according to the title, David—is reduced almost
to utter despair. He has undergone lengthened persecution—the Divine
countenance has been turned away from him (Psalms 13:1...
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The thirteenth psalm, to the chief musician. Psalm of David.
How long will thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will thou
hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
havin...
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1 Samuel 18:29; 1 Samuel 24:19; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Esther 7:6;...
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How long — Shall I be in such perplexities, not knowing what course
to take?...