Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
The cry asks how long the Lord will merely look on, pleading for Him to end that apparent delay and to rescue the speaker's life from destruction. The soul here is the person or the life itself that can be delivered from destruction, showing that Scripture speaks of the soul in connection with death. The appeal is to God's justice to act, not to personal revenge.
Prophetically the cry opens Christ's inner experience in His struggles with the enemy, as He endures distress and suffering under temptation and cries for rescue. That suffering in temptation is what enables Him to succor those who are tempted.
The cry asks how long the Lord will merely look on, pleading for Him to end that apparent delay and to rescue the speaker's life from destruction. The soul here is the person or the life itself that can be delivered from destruction, showing that Scripture speaks of the soul in connection with death. The appeal is to God's justice to act, not to personal revenge.
Prophetically the cry opens Christ's inner experience in His struggles with the enemy, as He endures distress and suffering under temptation and cries for rescue. That suffering in temptation is what enables Him to succor those who are tempted.