17 How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
17 How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
17 God, how long are you going to stand there doing nothing? Save me from their brutalities; everything I've got is being thrown to the lions.
17 Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.
17 How long, OÂ Lord, will you look on and do nothing? Rescue me from their fierce attacks. Protect my life from these lions!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 35:17
Commentary on Psalm 35:17-28
(Read Psalm 35:17-28)
Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could that of Christ, their Surety. They trust their souls in his hands, they are one with him by faith, are precious in his sight, and shall be rescued from destruction, that they may give thanks in heaven.