Psalms 119:86
All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
In Context
85The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 7:1“A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” (7:2) O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, and deliver me:
Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.
Psalms 38:19(38:20) But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;
Psalms 70:5(70:6) But I am poor and needy, O God: come hastily unto me; my help and my deliverer art thou: O Lord, do not delay.
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.
Psalms 119:138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:86-88
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. David's state was herein a type and figure of the state both of Christ and Christians that he was grievously persecuted; as there are many of his psalms, so there are many of the verses of this psalm, which complain of this, as those here. Here observe, I. The account he gives of his… Read the whole commentary →