Psalms 119:84
How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
83Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
85Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded:
Psalms 89:47Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
Psalms 90:12How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath 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 →