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Psalms 35:17

Psalms 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Lord, how long wilt thou look on?.... And behold these injuries and insults, and not arise to help and save? The psalmist firmly believed the omniscience of God, and was well assured he saw all that…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? - How long wilt thou witness this without interposing to deliver me, and to punish those who treat me thus? God saw it all. He was able to save him that was thus…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 35:17-28

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…