Psalm 35:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ How long, my Lord, will you watch this happen? Rescue me from their attacks; rescue my precious life from these predatory lions!

Psalm 35:17 Cross References

Psalm 10:14

But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 57:4

I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Psalm 6:3

My soul also is struck with terror, while you, O Lord—how long?

Psalm 89:46

How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to behold evil, and you cannot look on wrongdoing; why do you look on the treacherous and are silent when the wicked swallow those more righteous than they?