Psalms 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.
Darby Translation
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
16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
Psalms 57:4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 74:9We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Psalms 94:3How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Habakkuk 1:13[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] 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 →