Psalms 119:85
The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
In Context
84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors?
86All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me.
Cross References
Psalms 7:15(7:16) He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
Psalms 36:11(36:12) Let not come against me the foot of pride, and let not the hand of the wicked chase me off.
Psalms 119:78Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed instead of good, that they have dug a pit for my life? Remember my standing before thee to speak good concerning them, to cause thy wrath to turn 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 →