Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Psalms 119:85 in other translations
| BSB | The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. |
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| WEB | The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. |
| ASV | The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law. |
| YLT | The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law. |
| DARBY | The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law. |
| BBE | The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me. |
| Webster | The proud have digged pits for me, which are not according to thy law. |
What does Psalms 119:85 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:84-87
84-87. The shortness of my life requires that the relief afforded to me from mine enemies should be speedy.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:81-88
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be…
Psalms 119:85 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:85
- Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
- Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Psalms 119:78
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- Psalms 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- Psalms 58:1-2
To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
- Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
78; 7:15; 35:7; 36:11; Pr 16:27; Jer 18:20
which.
58:1,2
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
- Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
- Psalms 119:86
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms 119:85 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los soberbios me han cavado hoyos; mas no obran según tu ley. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les orgueilleux ont creusé pour moi des fosses, ce qui n’est pas selon ta loi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Übermütigen haben mir Gruben gegraben, sie, die nicht nach deinem Gesetz sind. |