Psalms 119 · Verse 95

Psalms 119:95

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:95, King James Version

Psalms 119:95 in other translations

BSBThe wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
WEBThe wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
ASVThe wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.
YLTThy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
DARBYThe wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.
BBEThe sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.
WebsterThe wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

What does Psalms 119:95 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:89-96

The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of…

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Psalms 119:95 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לִ֤יlifor me
קִוּ֣וּki.Vuthey have waitedH6960
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
לְאַבְּדֵ֑נִיle.'a.be.De.nito destroy meH6
עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗יךָ'e.do.Tei.khatestimonies yourH5713
אֶתְבּוֹנָֽן\׃'et.bo.NanI will consider carefullyH995

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Cross references for Psalms 119:95

  • Psalms 119:167

    My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

  • Psalms 119:31

    I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.

  • Psalms 119:85-87

    The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:69

    The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

  • Acts 23:21

    But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

  • Psalms 10:8-10

    He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Acts 25:3

    And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

  • Psalms 119:61

    The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

  • Matthew 26:3-5

    Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

  • Psalms 119:125

    I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 27:2

    When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Psalms 38:12

    They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wicked.
61,69,85-87; 10:8-10; 27:2; 37:32; 38:12; 1Sa 23:20-23; 2Sa 17:1-4
Mt 26:3-5; Ac 12:11; 23:21; 25:3
but I.
24,31,111,125,129,167

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Context

  • Psalms 119:94

    I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:95

    The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:96

    I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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Psalms 119:95 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los impíos me han aguardado para destruirme: mas yo entenderé en tus testimonios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les méchants m’attendent pour me faire périr; mais je suis attentif à tes témoignages.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Gesetzlosen haben mir aufgelauert, um mich umzubringen; ich achte auf deine Zeugnisse.