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Psalms 35:17
Psalms 35:17 is verse 17 of Psalms chapter 35, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
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.
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Psalms 35:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 13:2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
Psalms 10:14But 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.
Habakkuk 1:13Your 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?
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
Psalms 142:7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.