Psalms 119:85
כָּֽרוּ ־ לִי זֵדִים שִׁיחוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא כְתוֹרָתֶֽךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
In Context
84כַּמָּה יְמֵֽי ־ עַבְדֶּךָ מָתַי תַּעֲשֶׂה בְרֹדְפַי מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
86כָּל ־ מִצְוֺתֶיךָ אֱמוּנָה שֶׁקֶר רְדָפוּנִי עָזְרֵֽנִי ׃
Cross References
Psalms 7:15הִנֵּה יְחַבֶּל ־ אָוֶן וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃
Psalms 36:11מְשֹׁךְ חַסְדְּךָ לְיֹדְעֶיךָ וְצִדְקָֽתְךָ לְיִשְׁרֵי ־ לֵֽב ׃
Psalms 119:78יֵבֹשׁוּ זֵדִים כִּי ־ שֶׁקֶר עִוְּתוּנִי אֲנִי אָשִׂיחַ בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ ׃
Jeremiah 18:20הַיְשֻׁלַּם תַּֽחַת ־ טוֹבָה רָעָה כִּֽי ־ כָרוּ שׁוּחָה לְנַפְשִׁי זְכֹר ׀ עָמְדִי לְפָנֶיךָ לְדַבֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם טוֹבָה לְהָשִׁיב אֶת ־ חֲמָתְךָ מֵהֶֽם ׃
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 →