Psalms 119:84
How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
Young's Literal Translation
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
83For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
85The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:
Psalms 89:47Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Psalms 90:12To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart 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 →