Psalm 13:2

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

Cross-references

In Psalm 44:14-16, the community is made a byword and reproach — a corporate parallel to the personal enemy exaltation and shame here.

Psalm 143:4 Parallel

In Psalm 143:4, the spirit is overwhelmed and heart desolate — mirroring the daily sorrow in the heart expressed here.

Psalm 143:3 Parallel

In Psalm 143:3, the enemy persecutes and brings the psalmist low — a direct parallel to the enemy being exalted over the psalmist here.

Psalm 142:4-7 laments that no one cares for the soul, mirroring the psalmist's isolation and enemy oppression.

Psalm 77:2-12 describes a similar inner turmoil and refusal of comfort, then moves to remembering God's deeds.

Psalm 74:10 Parallel

Psalm 74:10 echoes the same 'how long' cry against the enemy's reproach — a parallel lament over enemy triumph.

Psalm 42:10 Parallel

In Psalm 42:10, enemies reproach daily with 'Where is your God?' — directly matching the sorrow and enemy triumph here, intensifying the lament.

Psalm 38:17 Parallel

Psalm 38:17 says 'my pain is ever before me' — a direct parallel to the continual sorrow in Psalm 13:2.

Psalm 35:17 Parallel

In Psalm 35:17, 'how long' and a plea for rescue from enemies directly parallel David's cry.

Psalm 25:2 Parallel

In Psalm 25:2, the plea that enemies not triumph echoes David's fear of being exalted over.

Psalm 79:5 Parallel

In Psalm 79:5, 'How long, LORD?' directly parallels David's repeated question in his lament.

Psalm 89:46 Parallel

In Psalm 89:46, 'How long, LORD?' about God hiding matches David's feeling of abandonment.

Psalm 6:3 Parallel

In Psalm 6:3, the same 'how long' cry with a vexed soul directly parallels David's lament.

Psalm 22:8 Parallel

In Psalm 22:8, enemies taunt 'let the LORD deliver him' — echoing the cry of being abandoned by God, deepening the sense of enemy triumph.

Psalm 22:7 Parallel

In Psalm 22:7, mockers scorn the psalmist — a specific form of the enemy's exaltation lamented here, adding the element of verbal taunting.

Psalm 31:18 Parallel

In Psalm 31:18, the psalmist prays against lying lips that speak contemptuously — a parallel plea against enemies who exalt themselves with proud words.

Psalm 74:18 Parallel

Psalm 74:18 recalls the enemy's reproach — a parallel to the psalmist's sorrow over the enemy's exaltation.

Psalm 123:4 Parallel

In Psalm 123:4, the soul is filled with scorn from the proud — echoing the enemy's exaltation and the daily sorrow of this verse.

Micah 7:8-10 expresses confidence that the enemy will be shamed — a hopeful contrast to the psalmist's current lament.

Romans 9:2 Allusion

Romans 9:2 has Paul's 'continual sorrow in my heart' — almost identical phrasing to David's daily sorrow, both for different reasons.

Matthew 26:38 shows Jesus' soul 'exceeding sorrowful' — a direct parallel to David's sorrowful heart, both in deep anguish.

Nehemiah 2:2 notes 'sadness of the heart' — the exact phrase mirrored in Psalm 13:2's 'sorrow in my heart'.

Jeremiah 15:18 cries out about unceasing pain and a wound that refuses healing — directly paralleling the 'sorrow all day' of Psalm 13:2.

Job 7:12-15 expresses loathing of life and desire for death, paralleling the psalmist's deep sorrow and despair.

Habakkuk 1:2 echoes the same 'how long' lament of unanswered cries — both prophets wrestle with God's delay.

Jeremiah 8:18 echoes the same sorrow of heart — the prophet's grief over Judah parallels David's personal lament.

In Jeremiah 45:3, Baruch's complaint of added grief and no rest mirrors David's daily sorrow and inner turmoil.

In Lamentations 1:5, enemies prosper and become chief — a national parallel to the personal enemy exaltation, though with a note of divine judgment.

John 16:6 Parallel

John 16:6 describes sorrow filling the disciples' hearts — same inner grief as David's daily sorrow in Psalm 13:2.