Psalms 35:17

35:17 O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? ¹ 

Rescue ²  me ³  from their destructive attacks;

guard my life ⁴  from the young lions!

Psalms 74:10

74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?

Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Psalms 80:4

80:4 O Lord God, invincible warrior! ⁵ 

How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? ⁶ 

Psalms 104:33

104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist! ⁷ 

Psalms 116:2

116:2 and listened to me. ⁸ 

As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “O Lord, how long will you see?”

² tn Heb “bring back, restore.”

³ tn Or “my life.”

⁴ tn Heb “my only one.” The psalmist may mean that his life is precious, or that he feels isolated and alone (see Ps 22:20). The verb “guard” is supplied in the translation, because the verb “rescue” is understood by ellipsis (see the previous line).

⁵ tn Heb “Lord, God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי (’elohey) before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot; “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. In this context the term “hosts” (meaning “armies”) has been rendered “invincible warrior.”

⁶ tn Heb “How long will you remain angry during the prayer of your people.” Some take the preposition -בְּ (bet) in an adversative sense here (“at/against the prayer of your people”), but the temporal sense is preferable. The psalmist expects persistent prayer to pacify God.

⁹ tn Heb “in my duration.”

¹³ tn Heb “because he turned his ear to me.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and in my days I will cry out.”