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Psalms 119:86
86I know that I can trust all your commands, but people still give me trouble with their lies. Quickly, 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
84As your servant, help me to be patient. Please punish the people who want to hurt me. Please do it soon. 85Proud people want to catch me in their traps. That is against your Law! I know that I can trust all your commands, but people still give me trouble with their lies. Quickly, help me! 87People here on earth have almost destroyed me, but I continue to obey your teaching. 88Please use your faithful love to keep me alive. Then I can continue to obey the rules that you have taught me.
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כָּל־מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ אֱמוּנָ֑ה שֶׁ֖קֶר רְדָפ֣וּנִי עָזְרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:86
- Psalms 119:128So I carefully obey your teaching. I hate everything that is false.
- Psalms 19:9It is right for us to respect the Lord. That will always help us. The laws of the Lord are true. They are right and fair.
- Romans 7:12So we understand that God's Law and its commands are completely good. They are holy, fair and good.
- Psalms 119:78Proud men should be ashamed! They have spoken lies against me.
- Psalms 7:1Lord, my God, I come to you to keep me safe. Please save me from all those people who want to catch me.
- Psalms 35:7They hid a trap to catch me. There was no reason for them to do that. They even dug a deep hole for me to fall into.
- Psalms 38:19I have many enemies and they are strong. They have no reason to hate me.
- Psalms 59:3Look at them! They are waiting to kill me! Cruel men are ready to attack me. Lord, I have not done anything against them, but they still want to kill me.
- Jeremiah 18:20I have done good things for them, but they are paying me back with evil things. They have already dug a grave for me! Remember that I stood in front of you and I asked you to forgive them. I asked you not to be angry with them.
- Psalms 70:5But I am poor and weak, God. Please hurry to give me help. You are the one who helps me and who saves me. Lord, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 142:4Look at me! I have no friend to help me. There is no safe place where I can go. Nobody thinks about me.
- Psalms 143:9Lord, save me from my enemies. I run to you to keep me safe.
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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