Psalms 119:95
For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
In Context
94Thine, am I,—oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
96To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:20Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king.
Psalms 10:8He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places, he murdereth the innocent,—His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch:
Psalms 37:32The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:
Psalms 119:24Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
Psalms 119:61The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
Psalms 119:85Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to 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 →