Psalms 35:17 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 35:17

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

"Lord, how long wilt thou look on?" Why be a mere spectator? Why so neglectful of thy servant? Art thou indifferent? Carest thou not that we perish? We may thus reason with the Lord. He permits us this familiarity. There is a time for our salvation, but to our impatience it often seems to be very slow in coming; yet wisdom has ordained the hour, and nothing shall delay it. "Rescue my soul from their destructions." From their many devices; their multiplied assaults, be pleased to set me free.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Look on - Without affording me pity or help. Darling - My soul, Hebrew. my only one; which is now left alone and forsaken by my friends, and hath none to trust in but God.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Rescue my soul from the destructions they are plotting against it; rescue my darling, my only one, from the lions. My soul is my only one, and therefore the greater is the shame if I neglect it and the greater the loss if I lose it: it is my only one, and therefore ought to be my darling, ought to be carefully protected and provided for.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲדֹנָי֮	'a.do.Nai	O Lord	H136 →
כַּמָּ֪ה	ka.Mah	how long?	H4100 →
תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה	tir.'Eh	will you look	H7200 →
הָשִׁ֣יבָה	ha.Shi.vah	bring back !	H7725 →
נַ֭פְשִׁי	Naf.shi	life my	H5315 →
מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם	mi.sho.'ei.Hem	from ravages their	H7722 →
מִ֝כְּפִירִ֗ים	mi.ke.fi.Rim	from young lions	H3715 →
יְחִידָתִֽי׃	ye.chi.da.Ti	only [life] my	H3173 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 1:13
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…
leads to
- Psalms 5:4–5
  For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
- Psalms 34:15–16
  The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Jeremiah 12:1–2
  Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live…
- Habakkuk 1:3–4
  Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
- Proverbs 31:8–9
  Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Through
Psalms 57:4
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.
leads to
- Psalms 58:6
  O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
- Proverbs 30:14
  there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Through
Psalms 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
leads to
- Psalms 79:5
  How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms