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17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue{H8685)} my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
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Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. …
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 them. 1. They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated h 2be1 im without a cause ; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have…
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