Psalms 35:17
Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice : my only one from the lions.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
18I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people.
Cross References
Psalms 22:20But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
Psalms 57:4He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,
Psalms 74:9Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
Psalms 94:3How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
Habakkuk 1:13Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?
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 →