Psalms 119:85
Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
In Context
84How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
86All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!
Cross References
Psalms 7:15A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of pride reach me, nor, the hand of the lawless, scare me away.
Psalms 119:78Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life,—Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation 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 →