Psalms 119:96
I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
In Context
95The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
97MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:8And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.
1 Samuel 31:4Then saide Saul vnto his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, and thrust mee through therewith, lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through and mocke me: but his armour bearer would not, for hee was sore afraid. Therefore Saul tooke a sworde and fell vpon it.
2 Samuel 16:23And the counsell of Ahithophel which he counseled in those dayes, was like as one had asked counsell at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with Dauid and with Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:14Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee. And he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.
Psalms 19:7The Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple.
Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:96
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. Here, 1. David complains of the malice of his enemies: The wicked (and none but such would be enemies to so good a man) have waited for me to destroy me. They were very cruel, and aimed at no less than his destruction; they were very crafty, and sought all opportunities to do him a mischief; and they were confident (they expected, so some read it), that they should destroy him; they thought themselves sure of their prey. 2. He… Read the whole commentary →