Psalms 119:84

How many are the days of thy servant— That is, "how long shall the days of that trouble and affliction last, which I am now forced to endure under the persecutions of Saul?"

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:84

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How many are the days of thy servant? - I cannot hope to live long. I am sinking under my burdens. If I am, therefore, to see the accomplishment...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

How many [are] the (c) days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? (c) How long will you afflict your servant.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

many: i.e. few at the most. Compare Psalms 89:47 ; 2 Samuel 19:34 . execute judgment . vindicate.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

84. How many are the days of thy servant? etc. Some read these two clauses apart, as if the first were a general complaint of the brevity of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? How many are the days of thy servants - Dost thou...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? How many are the days of thy servant? when wil...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

How many, etc.] i.e. my days are few.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As in Psalms 89:47-48 , the psalmist here utters what was the dread of each generation of Israel, a dread lest it should have passed away before the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; bu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How many [are] the days of thy servant ?.... If this is to be understood of the days of his life, they were very few, as the days of every man be; a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? Ver. 84. How many are the days of thy servant ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

CAPH. Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation With longing desire, earnest expectation, and hope deferred. Mine eyes fail With l...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? Here, I. David prays against t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The days; either, 1. The days of my life, as the word days is commonly used, Genesis 6:3 Job 7:1,6 Psa 39:5,6 . I have but a little while...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, b...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at...
The Biblical Illustrator

My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word. Painful soul moods and their antidotes I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful year...
The Biblical Illustrator

How many are the days of Thy servant? when wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? A suggestive question I. God’s knowledge of t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caph. The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How many are the days of Thy servant? This question arises in his heart on account of the shortness of human life, this fact causing him to fear that...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 7:6-8 ; Psalms 39:4 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Psalms 7:6 ; Psalms 89:47 ; Psalms 89:48 ; Psalms 90:12 ; Revelation 6:10 ; Revelation 6:11
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The days — The days of my life. I have but a little while to live; give me some respite before I die.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:84

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:84