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Psalms 119:86
86All your commands are true; people persecute me with lies — help me!
Psalms 119:86 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- New International Version (NIV)All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me!
Context of Psalms 119:86
84How many days must your servant wait? When will you execute judgment on my persecutors? 85The arrogant have dug pits for me; they violate your instruction. All your commands are true; people persecute me with lies — help me! 87They almost ended my life on earth, but I did not abandon your precepts. 88Give me life in accordance with your faithful love, and I will obey the decree you have spoken.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:86 word by word
כָּל־מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ אֱמוּנָ֑ה שֶׁ֖קֶר רְדָפ֣וּנִי עָזְרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:86
- Psalms 119:128I carefully follow all your precepts and hate every false way.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous.
- Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
- Psalms 119:78Let the arrogant be put to shame for slandering me with lies; I will meditate on your precepts.
- Psalms 7:1Lord my God, I seek refuge in you; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,
- Psalms 35:7They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause.
- Psalms 38:19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason.
- Psalms 59:3Because look, Lord, they set an ambush for me. Powerful men attack me, but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf, to turn your anger from them.
- Psalms 70:5I am oppressed and needy; hurry to me, God. You are my help and my deliverer; Lord, do not delay.
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see: no one stands up for me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares about me.
- Psalms 143:9Rescue me from my enemies, Lord; I come to you for protection.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:86
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 86All thy commandments are faithful - Margin, “faithfulness.” The idea in the Hebrew is that they are worthy to be relied on. They are founded in truth, and they should secure our confidence. They persecute me wrongfully - Hebrew, a “lie, “or “falsehood.” That is, There is a “lie” or “falsehood” at the foundation of their persecutions. Those persecutions are not based on any just views of what I am, or of the treatment which I ought to receive at the hand…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 81-88Verses 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 ended; they are but for a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 85-88God's word is trustworthy. This contrasts with the lies of the enemies who hunt the psalmist without reason (see Psalm 119:78).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 84-8784-87. The shortness of my life requires that the relief afforded to me from mine enemies should be speedy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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