Psalms 13:2

David asks how long he must bear inner sorrow while his enemy triumphs. The lament voices the weariness of unrelieved grief.

Cross-references · 40

• Mic 7:8–10Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
• Jer 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
• Jer 15:18Why 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.
• Prov 15:13A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
• Ps 143:3–4For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
• Lam 1:5Her 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.
• Ps 123:3–4Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
• Ps 142:4–7Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
• Job 23:8–10If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
• Eccl 5:17Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
• Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
• Ps 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
• John 16:6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
• Ps 94:18–19If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
• Lam 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
• Ps 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
• 1 Sam 18:29he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
• Ps 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
• Ps 17:9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
• Job 9:19–21If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
• Ps 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
• Ps 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
• Ps 44:14–16You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
• Matt 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
• Ps 31:18May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
• Phil 2:27He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
• Ps 42:9–10I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
• Esth 7:6Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
• 1 Sam 24:19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
• Job 7:12–15Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
• Ps 8:2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
• Ps 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
• Ps 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• Neh 2:2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
• Job 9:27–28If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
• Rom 9:2I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
• Ps 7:4–5if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
• Ps 22:7–8All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
• Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
• Ps 77:2–12In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

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