Psalms 119:95
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
Majority Standard Bible
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; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:20Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Psalms 119:61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
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 →