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Psalm 35:17 KJV
Psalms · chapter 35 · verse 17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.Psalm 35:17 · King James Version
Psalm 35:17 in context
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destructionsshôwʼa tempestH7722 →
- darlingyâchîydproperly, unitedH3173 →
- rescueshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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In these verses, as before, I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. 1. They were very unrighteous;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-28