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Psalms 119:86
86All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me!
- New Living Translation (NLT)All your commands are trustworthy. Protect me from those who hunt me down without cause.
Context of Psalms 119:86
84How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me? 85The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law. All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me! 87They have almost made an end of me on earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts. 88In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.
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כָּל־מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ אֱמוּנָ֑ה שֶׁ֖קֶר רְדָפ֣וּנִי עָזְרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:86
- Psalms 119:128Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
- Psalms 19:9the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
- Romans 7:12So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
- Psalms 119:78Let the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
- Psalms 7:1O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
- Psalms 38:19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
- Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
- Psalms 70:5But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.
- Psalms 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.
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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