Psalm 35:17 “How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages,…”

Psalm 35:17

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

World English Bible

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

American Standard Version

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.

Geneva Bible 1599

Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions.

Darby Translation

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.

Young's Literal Translation

Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

Bible in Basic English

Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

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Cross references

“how”

Psalm 89:46 Psalm 6:3 Psalm 13:1 Psalm 13:2 Psalm 74:9 Psalm 74:10

Psalm 89:46 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Psalm 6:3 · BSB

My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

Psalm 13:1 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 13:2 · BSB

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

Psalm 74:9 · BSB

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Psalm 74:10 · BSB

How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

“look”

Habakkuk 1:13 Psalm 10:14

Habakkuk 1:13 · BSB

Your 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?

Psalm 10:14 · BSB

But 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.

“rescue”

Psalm 57:4 Psalm 22:20 Psalm 22:21 Psalm 69:14 Psalm 69:15 Psalm 142:6

Psalm 57:4 · BSB

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 22:20 · BSB

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

Psalm 22:21 · BSB

Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

Psalm 69:14 · BSB

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.

Psalm 69:15 · BSB

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalm 142:6 · BSB

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

18Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

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