Psalms 119:85
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Torah.
World Messianic 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 your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
Cross References
Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
Psalms 36:11Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalms 119:78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
Jeremiah 18:20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away 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 →