Psalms 13:2

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Psalms 13:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 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.

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Psalms 77:2

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalms 77:3

I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

Psalms 77:4

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Psalms 77:5

I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.

Psalms 77:6

At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

Psalms 77:7

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

Psalms 77:8

Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?

Psalms 77:9

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah

Psalms 77:10

So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Psalms 77:11

I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.

Psalms 77:12

I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.

Psalms 94:18

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

Psalms 94:19

When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

Psalms 142:4

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Psalms 142:5

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalms 142:6

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Psalms 142:7

Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Job 7:13

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

Job 7:14

then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

Job 7:15

so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

Job 9:19

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?

Job 9:20

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

Job 9:21

Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

Job 9:27

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

Job 9:28

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

Job 10:15

If 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.

Job 23:8

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

Job 23:9

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Job 23:10

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

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.

Psalms 38:17

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Psalms 116:3

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Nehemiah 2:2

so 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

Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Jeremiah 8:18

My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

Jeremiah 45:3

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

Matthew 26:38

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

John 16:6

Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

Romans 9:2

I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

Philippians 2:27

He 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.

Psalms 7:2

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Psalms 7:4

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

Psalms 7:5

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalms 8:2

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Psalms 9:6

The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

Psalms 10:18

to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalms 17:9

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

Psalms 74:10

How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Psalms 74:18

Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

1 Samuel 18:29

he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

1 Samuel 24:19

When 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.

Esther 7:6

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

Lamentations 1:9

Her 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!

Micah 7:8

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.

Micah 7:9

Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

Psalms 22:7

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Psalms 22:8

“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

Psalms 31:18

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Psalms 42:10

Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalms 44:14

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Psalms 44:15

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

Psalms 44:16

at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

Psalms 123:3

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

Psalms 123:4

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

Psalms 143:3

For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

Psalms 143:4

My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

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.

Luke 22:53

Every 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.”