Psalms 35:17
LORD, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
In Context
16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
18I will give thee thanks in the great assembly. I will praise thee among much people.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, the only one of me from the power of the dog.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 74:9We do not see our signs. There is no more any prophet, nor is there among us he who knows how long.
Psalms 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Habakkuk 1:13Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:12-17
Prayer for Deliverance; Sorrowful Complaints. 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves… Read the whole commentary →