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Psalms 119:84
84As your servant, help me to be patient. Please punish the people who want to hurt me. Please do it soon.
Psalms 119:84 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
- New International Version (NIV)How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
- English Standard Version (ESV)How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?
- New King James Version (NKJV)How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
Context of Psalms 119:84
82As I wait for you to do what you have promised, my eyes are too tired to stay open. I ask, ‘When will you come to help me?’ 83I am like an old wineskin that has become useless. But I have not forgotten your rules. As your servant, help me to be patient. Please punish the people who want to hurt me. Please do it soon. 85Proud people want to catch me in their traps. That is against your Law! 86I know that I can trust all your commands, but people still give me trouble with their lies. Quickly, help me!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:84 word by word
כַּמָּ֥ה יְמֵֽי־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ מָתַ֬י תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בְרֹדְפַ֣י מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:84
- Psalms 39:4‘Lord, tell me about my life. Tell me how long it will be, and when it will finish. I need to remember that life is only short.
- Psalms 89:47Remember that my life is very short! People are weak and their lives seem useless. Why do you make people like that?
- Psalms 90:12Teach us to count carefully the days of our short lives. Then we will be wise in how we live.
- Job 7:6My life is passing very fast. Each day passes too quickly to see it! The days of my life will finish, and I cannot hope for anything to get better.
- Psalms 7:6But Lord, now do something! Wake up and help me! Show how angry you are against my enemies. Punish them in the way that you know is right!
- Revelation 6:10These believers called out loudly, ‘Lord, you have all authority. You are completely good. You always do what is right. When will you decide to judge the people who live on the earth? Do not wait! You should quickly punish the people who killed us!’
Commentaries on Psalms 119:84
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 84How many are the days of thy servants - Dost thou not know that I have few to live, and they are full of trouble? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? - Shall not the pride of the Chaldeans be brought down, the arm of their strength broken, and thy people delivered? In this verse there is none of the ten words used in reference to God's law.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 84How many are the days of thy servant? - I cannot hope to live long. I am sinking under my burdens. If I am, therefore, to see the accomplishment of my desires - my deliverance from my enemies and my troubles - it must be soon. This is not a desire to be told how long he was to live, as if it were an object of desire to know this, but it is a method of saying that he could not live long under these circumstances, and therefore he offered this earnest…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 81-88Verses 81-88 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 81-88Kaph (כ) is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist feels exhausted from waiting for the Lord, but he still hopes for God's future rescue.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 84-8784-87. The shortness of my life requires that the relief afforded to me from mine enemies should be speedy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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
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