Psalms 119:85
These arrogant people have dug pits to trap me, these people who don't care anything about your law.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
In Context
84How long do I have to wait before you punish my persecutors?
86All your commands are trustworthy. Help me against these people who persecute me with their lies!
Cross References
Psalms 7:15They dig a deep hole to catch people, but then fall into it themselves.
Psalms 36:11Don't let the arrogant trample me down; don't let the wicked drive me out.
Psalms 119:78Bring down those proud people who wronged me with their lies. I will spend time thinking about your instructions.
Jeremiah 18:20Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to trap me! Remember how I stood before you to plead on their behalf, to stop you being angry with 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 →