Contend with My Opponents, O LORD
Psalms 35:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
- KJV
- Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.darling: Heb. only one
- WEB
- Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
- ASV
- Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.
- LSV
- Lord, how long do You behold? Keep my soul back from their desolations, || My only one from young lions.
- YLT
- Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.
- DBY
- Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.
- DRC34:17
- Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from their malice: my only one from the lions.
- GNV
- Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions.
- JPS
- Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.
- LXXE34:17
- O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֲדֹנָי֮ כַּמָּ֪ה תִּ֫רְאֶ֥ה הָשִׁ֣יבָה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם מִ֝כְּפִירִ֗ים יְחִידָתִֽי׃
- LXX-Br34:17
- Κύριε πότε ἐπόψῃ; ἀποκατάστησον τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ τῆς κακουργίας αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ λεόντων τὴν μονογενῆ μου.
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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?
- 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 22:20–21Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs. Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
- Psalms 94:3–4How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- Psalms 74:9–10There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
- Psalms 13:1–2How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
- Psalms 69:14–15Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
- Psalms 142:6–7Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me. Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your…
- 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.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 34:17 in some Bibles
- 35:17 in most Bibles