'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?
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 silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.
Who is the man who delights in life,loving a long life to enjoy what is good?
Lord, how long will You look on?Rescue my life from their ravages,my only one from the young lions.
And my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness,Your praise all day long.
I am bent over and brought low;all day long I go around in mourning.
Those who seek my life set traps,and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;they plot treachery all 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.”
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:
We boast in God all day long;we will praise Your name forever.Selah
My disgrace is before me all day long,and shame has covered my face,
Because of You we are slain all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
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.
They twist my words all day long;all their thoughts against me are evil.
How long will you threaten a man?Will all of you attackas if he were a leaning wallor a tottering stone fence?
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.
Therefore, my tongue will proclaimYour righteousness all day long,for those who seek my harmwill be disgraced and confounded.
May he continue while the sun enduresand as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
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.
May his name endure forever;as long as the sun shines,may his fame increase.May all nations be blessed by himand call him blessed.
For I am afflicted all day longand punished every morning.
Remember Your congregation,which You purchased long agoand redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.
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?
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.
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
I long and yearnfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
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? Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Lord—how long?Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
I will satisfy him with a long lifeand show him My salvation.
Lord, how long will the wicked—how long will the wicked gloat?
My enemies taunt me all day long;they ridicule and curse me.
Long ago You established the earth,and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Because He has turned His ear to me,I will call out to Him as long as I live.
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.
מ MemHow I love Your instruction!It is my meditation all day long.
I open my mouth and pantbecause I long for Your commands.
Long ago I learned from Your decreesthat You have established them forever.
I long for Your salvation, Lord,and Your instruction is my delight.
I have lived too longwith those who hate peace.
Plowmen plowed over my back;they made their furrows long.
who plan evil in their hearts.They stir up wars all day long.
For the enemy has pursued me,crushing me to the ground,making me live in darknesslike those long dead.
Let me experienceYour faithful love in the morning,for I trust in You.Reveal to me the way I should gobecause I long for You.
I will praise the Lord all my life;I will sing to my God as long as I live.
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- Interminable (1 instance)
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