Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
Young's Literal Translation
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 Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
86All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
Cross References
Psalms 7:15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
Psalms 36:11Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.
Psalms 119:78Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Jeremiah 18:20Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy 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 →