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Psalms 119:84
84How long must I wait? When will you punish those who persecute me?
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
82My eyes are straining to see your promises come true. When will you comfort me? 83I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke, but I have not forgotten to obey your decrees. How long must I wait? When will you punish those who persecute me? 85These arrogant people who hate your instructions have dug deep pits to trap me. 86All your commands are trustworthy. Protect me from those who hunt me down without cause.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:84 word by word
כַּמָּ֥ה יְמֵֽי־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ מָתַ֬י תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בְרֹדְפַ֣י מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:84
- Psalms 39:4“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is.
- Psalms 89:47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
- Psalms 90:12Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.
- Job 7:6“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
- Revelation 6:10They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to 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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