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Psalm 119:84

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

83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
84How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
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Notice

Two questions make the waiting feel urgent: a persecuted servant asks about the length of life and when God will bring judgment against those causing harm.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 39:4“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.Both prayers ask God about the measure of a human life, with Psalm 119 asking amid persecution.
Psalm 90:12So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.Both prayers bring the counting of human days before God, though Psalm 90 seeks wisdom and Psalm 119 seeks judgment.
Revelation 6:10–11They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”Both cries ask how long God will wait before judging those responsible for harm.
Jeremiah 15:15LORD, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered …Both speakers appeal to God against their persecutors while expressing concern about the span of their lives.
Psalm 7:6Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.Both prayers ask God to act in judgment against adversaries whose hostility bears down on the speaker.
Genesis 47:28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.The shared thread is life's measured days: Genesis records Jacob's lifespan, while the persecuted servant asks about his own.
Job 7:6–8My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.Both speakers speak of their days under distress; Job names hopelessness, while the psalm's servant asks when God will judge.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. waiting.

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Encouragement

The servant asks God to judge persecutors while still waiting for comfort. Your prayer need not hide the wrong done or the strain of waiting; judgment belongs to God.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).