Psalms 35:17

Psalms 35:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
• New International Version (NIV)How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.

Context of Psalms 35:17

15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. 16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me. How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions. 18Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people. 19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Psalms 35:17 word by word

אֲדֹנָי֮ כַּמָּ֪ה תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה הָשִׁ֣יבָה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם מִ֝כְּפִירִ֗ים יְחִידָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• How longמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• will You look onרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Rescueשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• from their ravagesשׁוֹאshô' shô'âh shô'âh · ravageH7722
• my precious lifeיָחִידyâchîyd · onlyH3173
• from these lionsכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715

Cross-references for Psalms 35:17

• Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
• Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
• Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
• Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
• Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
• Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
• Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
• Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Commentaries on Psalms 35:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17My darling - יחידתי yechidathi, my only one, Psalm 22:20. My united one, or He that is alone. Perhaps this may relate to Christ. See the note on Psalm 22:20.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? - How long wilt thou witness this without interposing to deliver me, and to punish those who treat me thus? God saw it all. He was able to save him that was thus persecuted and opposed. And yet he did not interpose. He seemed to pay no attention to it. He appeared to be indifferent to it. The psalmist, therefore, asks “how long” this was to continue. did not doubt that God would, at some thee, interpose and save him; but…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-28Verses 17-28 Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18The psalmist presents the Lord with the reasons for his suffering. Evil has many faces. He is tired and worn out, and he knows that only the Lord can help him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. darling--(Compare Psa 22:20, 21).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 35:17

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Enemy

In the dictionaries

• Clothe
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• Darling
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• Lions
• Rescue
• Seek
• Lion
• Look
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Psalms 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings