American Standard Version
Psalms 119:95
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me;But I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:95 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
- New International Version (NIV)The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.
Context of Psalms 119:95
93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me. 94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies. 96I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM. 97Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
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לִ֤י קִוּ֣וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לְאַבְּדֵ֑נִי עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗יךָ אֶתְבּוֹנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:95
- Psalms 119:61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; ButI have not forgotten thy law.
- Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
- Psalms 27:2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
- Psalms 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
- 1 Samuel 23:20Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.
- 2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- Matthew 26:3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
- Acts 12:11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
- Acts 23:21Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.
- Acts 25:3asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
- Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight Andmy counsellors. ד DALETH.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:95
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me - That is, they have lain in wait; or, they have laid a plan. They are watching the opportunity to do it. But I will consider thy testimonies - I will think of them; I will adhere to them; I will find my support in them; I will not be driven from my adhesion to them by an apprehension of what man can do to me.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 89-96Verses 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 God, would not quicken us…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 95The wicked planned to kill the psalmist, but they faced destruction themselves (Psalm 1:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-176ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). 1. undefiled--literally, "complete," perfect, or sincere (compare Psa 37:37). in--or, "of" the way--course of life. walk--act in the law--according to it (compare Lu 1:6). law--from a word meaning "to teach," is a term of rather general purport, denoting the instruction of God's Word.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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