Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of Thy servant? When wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
In Context
83For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; yet do I not forget Thy statutes.
85The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to Thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6(7-7) Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.
Psalms 89:47(89-48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:84
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. David begs God would make haste to comfort him, 1. Because his affliction was great, and therefore he was an object of God's pity: Lord, make haste to help me, for I have become like a bottle in the smoke, a leathern bottle, which, if it hung any while in the smoke, was not only blackened with soot, but dried, and parched, and shrivelled up. David was thus wasted by age, and sickness, and sorrow. See how affliction will mortify the… Read the whole commentary →