84 How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
84 How long must your servant endure?
84 How long do I have to put up with all this? How long till you haul my tormentors into court?
84 How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
84 How long must I wait? When will you punish those who persecute me?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:84
Commentary on Psalm 119:81-88
(Read Psalm 119:81-88)
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.