Psalm 119:84

Verse 84. -- When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? He declares that he does not doubt but that there will be at some period an end to his afflictions, and that there will be a time in which his haters and enemies will be judged and punished. He assumes the fact and therefore enquires the date. Thus in the saints their very impatience of delay does itself prove their confidence of future salvation and deliverance. -- Wolfgang Musculus.

Verse 84. -- When wilt thou execute judgment, etc. This is an ordinary prayer, not against any certain persons, but rather generally against God's enemies and their evil courses. For the Lord executeth judgment upon his children for their conversion, as Paul (Acts 9), and upon the wicked for their confusion. He prayeth against them that belonged not to God, and yet not so much against their persons as their evil causes; and no otherwise against their persons than as they are joined with the evil causes. Thus we may pray for the confusion of God's enemies; otherwise we cannot. --R. Greenham.

Verse 84. -- In this verse there is none of the ten words used in reference to God's law. -- Adam Clarke. Is not judgment one of them? -- C.H.S.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 84. -- A solemn question pointing to the shortness of life, the severity of sorrow, the necessity of industry, the nearness of the reward.