Psalms 119:84 (WEB)

Passage

How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

Psalms 119:83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

Psalms 119:84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

Psalms 119:85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

Psalms 119:86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "servant", "execute", "judgment", and "persecute". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "servant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 83's "For I have become like a wineskin..." into verse 85's "The proud have dug pits for me...", so "days" and "servant" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "days" and "servant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.