Psalms 119:84

84 How many days must Your servant wait? ^[a] When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

Psalms 119:84 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:84

How many [are] the days of thy servant?
&c.] If this is to be understood of the days of his life, they were very few, as the days of every man be; and if of his days of joy and comfort, peace and prosperity, they were fewer still; but if of days of adversity and affliction, which seems to be the sense, they were many indeed;

when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
good men have their persecutors; there is a judgment that will be executed on them, if not here, yet hereafter; it is a righteous thing with God to do it; it is often deferred when the saints, through zeal for the glory of God, and the honour of his justice, as well as for their own deliverance and comfort, are at times somewhat impatient for it, and earnestly solicit it, as the psalmist here; see ( Revelation 6:9 ) .

Psalms 119:84 In-Context

82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

84 How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

Footnotes

• [a]. Or How many are the days of Your servant?