Psalm 35:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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

Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 57:4

I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Psalm 6:3

My soul also is sorely troubled. But thou, O Lord—how long?

Psalm 89:46

How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?

Habakkuk 1:13

Thou who art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on wrong, why dost thou look on faithless men, and art silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?