Psalms 35:17
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
World Messianic Bible
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
16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
18I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 74:9We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
Psalms 94:3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
Habakkuk 1:13You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who 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 →