'How Long' in the Bible
How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?How long will you love what is worthlessand pursue a lie?Selah
my whole being is shaken with terror.And You, Lord—how long?
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?Forever?How long will You hide Your face from me?
How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,agony in my mind every day?How long will my enemy dominate me?
Lord, how long will You look on?Rescue my life from their ravages,my only one from the young lions.
How long will you threaten a man?Will all of you attackas if he were a leaning wallor a tottering stone fence?
There are no signs for us to see.There is no longer a prophet.And none of us knows how long this will last.
God, how long will the enemy mock?Will the foe insult Your name forever?
How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Lord God of Hosts,how long will You be angrywith Your people’s prayers?
“How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to the wicked?Selah
How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Lord—how long?Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
Lord, how long will the wicked—how long will the wicked gloat?