Psalms 119:85
The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
In Context
86All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.
Cross References
Psalms 7:15\7:14\That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
Psalms 36:11\36:10\O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psalms 119:78Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.
Jeremiah 18:20Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:85
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? Here, I. David prays against the instruments of his troubles, that God would make haste to execute judgment on those that persecuted him. He prays not for power to avenge himself (he bore no malice to any), but that God would take to himself the vengeance that belonged to him, and would repay ( Rom. xii. 19 ), as the God that sits in the throne judging right. There is a day coming, and a great and terrible day it… Read the whole commentary →