Psalms 119:95
The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
In Context
94I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.
96I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:20So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.
Psalms 10:8He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.
Psalms 37:32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
Psalms 119:24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Psalms 119:61The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.
Psalms 119:85The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:95
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. Here, 1. David claims relation to God: " I am thine, devoted to thee and owned by thee, thine in covenant." He does not say, Thou art mine (as Dr. Manton observes), though that follows of course, because that were a higher challenge; but, I am thine, expressing himself in a more humble and dutiful way of resignation; nor does he say, I am thus, but, I am thine, not pleading his own good property or qualification, but God's propriety in him: " I am thine, not… Read the whole commentary →