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Psalms 119:84
84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that 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 fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet I do not forget thy statutes. How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 85The proud have dug pits for me, which are not according to thy law. 86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:84 word by word
כַּמָּ֥ה יְמֵֽי־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ מָתַ֬י תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בְרֹדְפַ֣י מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:84
- Psalms 39:4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am .
- Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
- Psalms 90:12So teachus to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
- Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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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