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How longעַד אָנָהwill I putאָשִׁיתcounselsעֵצוֹתin my soul,בְּנַפְשִׁיsorrowיָגוֹןin my heartבִּלְבָבִיby day?יוֹמָםHow longעַד אָנָהwill my enemyאֹיְבִיrise upיָרוּםover me?עָלָי
Psalms 13:2
Study it in the app“How long will I put counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart by day? How long will my enemy rise up over me?”
Through his questions David asks God how long, and ends up trustingPrayer“How long, YHWH?” David asks whether God has forgotten himSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 13:2, word by word
- How longאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- will I putאָשִׁיתashit
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “ashit” appears- counselsעֵצוֹתetsot
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “etsot” appears- in my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- sorrowיָגוֹןyagon
sorrow, grief
Deep sorrow, grief.
Where else “yagon” appears- in my heartלְבָבִlevavi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- will my enemyאֹיְבִoyvi
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvi” appears- rise upיָרוּםyarum
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “yarum” appears
Translation note
“Put counsels in my soul”: turning over one plan after another, without finding a way out.
The context
1For the director. A psalm of David. How long, YHWH? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 · This verse (above)
3Look at me, answer me, YHWH my Elohim; give light to my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,