Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
Noyes Bible
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 judgment upon my persecutors?
86All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
Cross References
Psalms 7:15He made a pit and digged it. And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come upon me, Nor the hand of the wicked remove me!
Psalms 119:78May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be returned for good? For they have digged a pit for me. Remember how I have stood before thee, To announce good to them, And to turn away thy 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 →