Psalms 119:85
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
In Context
84How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Cross References
Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalms 119:78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath 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 →