Psalms 35:17
O Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, from the young lions my solitary spirit.
Leeser Tanakh
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 hypocritical babbling mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
18I will thank thee in the great assembly: among a mighty people will I praise thee.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou [ever] been a helper.
Psalms 22:20(22:21) Deliver from the sword my life, from the power of the dog my solitary soul.
Psalms 57:4(57:5) My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [in the midst of] those that send out flames, [those] sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharpened sword.
Psalms 74:9Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
Psalms 94:3How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?
Habakkuk 1:13Thou, who art too pure of eyes to behold evil, and canst not look on trouble, wherefore wilt thou look upon those that deal treacherously, be silent when the wicked swalloweth up him that 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 →