Psalms 35:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.”
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“How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 35:17 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
- 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.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- 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 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 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 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- 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?
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