Psalm 119:81-80 Part 3

                    KAPH

I am worn out waiting for your rescue,

    but I have put my hope in your word.

My eyes are straining to see your promises come true.

    When will you comfort me?

I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke,

    but I have not forgotten to obey your decrees.

How long must I wait?

    When will you punish those who persecute me?

These arrogant people who hate your instructions

    have dug deep pits to trap me.

All your commands are trustworthy.

    Protect me from those who hunt me down without cause.

They almost finished me off,

    but I refused to abandon your commandments.

In your unfailing love, spare my life;

    then I can continue to obey your laws. 

 

How long must I wait? When will you punish those who persecute me?

Psalm 6:3  

I am sick at heart.

    How long until you restore me?  (see all Psalm 6)

Psalm 119:51  

The proud hold me in utter contempt,

    but I do not turn away from your instructions.  (see Psalm 119:49-56)

Jeremiah 12:3  

But as for me, LORD, you know my heart.

    You see me and test my thoughts.

Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered!

    Set them aside to be slaughtered!  (see all Jeremiah 12)

Jeremiah 15:15  

Then I said,

"LORD, you know what's happening to me.

    Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors!

Please give me time; don't let me die young. 

    It's for your sake I am suffering."  (see all Jeremiah 15)

Jeremiah 20:11  

But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior.

    Before him my persecutors will stumble.

They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated.

    Their dishonor will never be forgotten.  (see all Jeremiah 20)

Revelation 6:9-10  

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. They shouted to the Lord and said, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?"  (see all Revelation 6)  

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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