Psalms 119:95
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
Noyes 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 thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
96I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
Cross References
Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed upon the poor.
Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him;
Psalms 119:24Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
Psalms 119:61The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
Psalms 119:85The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy 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 →