Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 13:2

"How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?" — Psalms 13:2 (ASV)

Take counsel. —Literally, put plans to my soul. The plans (Septuagint, βουλὰς) formed in the mind turn to sorrows as they are frustrated. It is, however, so doubtful whether nephesh can stand for the mind, that it is better to render, how long shall I form plans against my soul (having) sorrow in my heart all the day? The next verse confirms the suspicion that suicide had been in the psalmist’s mind.

Daily. —There is a doubt about this rendering; but Symmachus and many moderns also do, relying on Ezekiel 30:16, distresses daily.