'Long' in the Bible

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

He asked life from you, and you gave it to him a long life for ever and ever.

They divide my clothing among themAnd cast lots for my garment.

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue meall the days of my life,and I will dwell in the house of the Lordas long as I live.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me,for You are the God of my salvation;I wait for You all day long.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Who is the man who delights in life,loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

All day long he is gracious and lends,And his descendants are a blessing.

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my waysso that I may not sin with my tongue;I will guard my mouth with a muzzleas long as the wicked are in my presence.”

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

BOOK II(Psalms 42–72)For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,so I long for You, God.

My tears have been my food day and night,while all day long people say to me,“Where is your God?”

My adversaries taunt me,as if crushing my bones,while all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—our ancestors have told us—the work You accomplished in their days,in days long ago:

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

My disgrace is before me all day long,and shame has covered my face,

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

God, the One enthroned from long ago,will hear and will humiliate themSelahbecause they do not changeand do not fear God.

For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me;he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

They twist my words all day long;all their thoughts against me are evil.

Give the king long life! Make his lifetime span several generations!

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

So I will praise You as long as I live;at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

My mouth is full of praiseand honor to You all day long.

My mouth will tell about Your righteousnessand Your salvation all day long,though I cannot sum them up.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

May he live long!May gold from Sheba be given to him.May prayer be offered for him continually,and may he be blessed all day long.

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Therefore pride is their necklace;Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Remember Your congregation,which You purchased long agoand redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

But God [has been] my king from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Rise up, God, defend Your cause!Remember the insultsthat fools bring against You all day long.

I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.My hands were continually lifted upall night long;I refused to be comforted.

I consider days of old,years long past.

I will remember the LORD'S deeds; indeed, I will remember your awesome deeds from long ago.

I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago

He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

I long and yearnfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?

Be gracious to me, Lord,for I call to You all day long.

My eyes are worn out from crying.Lord, I cry out to You all day long;I spread out my hands to You.

They surround me like water all day long;they close in on me from every side.

They rejoice in Your name all day long,and they are exalted by Your righteousness.

I will establish his line forever,his throne as long as heaven lasts.

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

My enemies taunt me all day long;they ridicule and curse me.

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

Long ago You established the earth,and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

How I long for Your precepts!Give me life through Your righteousness.

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long agoand find comfort.

כ KafI long for Your salvation;I put my hope in Your word.

My eyes long for your word, saying, "When will you comfort me?"

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

מ MemHow I love Your instruction!It is my meditation all day long.

My eyes long for your salvation, and your righteous word.

I open my mouth and pantbecause I long for Your commands.

Long ago I learned from Your decreesthat You have established them forever.

Seven times a day I praise You,Because of Your righteous ordinances.

I long for Your salvation, Lord,and Your instruction is my delight.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.

who plan evil in their hearts.They stir up wars all day long.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

I remember [the] days of long ago; I meditate on all your doings. I muse on the labor of your hands.