Psalms 35:17 meaning and explanation

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

Psalms 35:17, Berean Standard Bible

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David is speaking, and the cry comes near the middle of a psalm in which he describes enemies who repay his kindness with slander and gleeful hostility. He has just pictured them as jesters gnashing their teeth at him.

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