Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
King James Version
In Context
83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto 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 →