Psalms 35:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
  • Ps 22:20-21 : 20 Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
  • Ps 74:9-9 : 9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
  • Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
  • Ps 94:3-4 : 3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? 4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
  • Ps 142:6-7 : 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
  • Ps 6:3 : 3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it] ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 13:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

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    1[Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite]. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Ps 22:19-21
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    80%

    19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

    20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

    21Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

  • Ps 57:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {{Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

    4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Ps 35:15-16
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    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

    16Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  • Ps 17:12-13
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    74%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

    13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

  • Ps 35:18
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    18I will give thee thanks in the great assembly: I will praise thee among much people.

  • Ps 35:22
    74%

    22Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

  • Ps 69:18
    73%

    18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

  • Ps 6:3-4
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    3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?

    4Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.

  • Ps 35:3
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    3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

  • Ps 109:26
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    26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:

  • Ps 13:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Isa 38:13
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    13I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • Ps 120:1-2
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    72%

    1[A Song of Ascents]. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

    2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 40:13
    72%

    13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

  • Job 38:39
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    39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

  • Ps 9:13
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    13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

  • Ps 22:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David]. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?

  • Ps 31:15
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    15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  • Ps 35:9-10
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    9And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah: It shall rejoice in his salvation.

    10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

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    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

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    6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

  • Ps 89:46
    71%

    46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

    24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

  • Ps 25:15-17
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    15Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

    16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.

    17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

  • Ps 142:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

    6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 70:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance]. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

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    7Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

  • Ps 86:13-14
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    13For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

    14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

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    22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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    4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

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    11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

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    21The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

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    13Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.