Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
Noyes Bible
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
83Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
85The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!
Psalms 89:47Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!
Psalms 90:12Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to 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 →