“How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?”
How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me? The plea for divine intervention ('When will you judge') against persecutors ('those who persecute me') indicates the urgency of the situation. This verse expresses impatience with the delay of justice.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:84
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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