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Psalms 119:86
86(All your commandments are reliable.) Those 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
84What is left of my life? When will you bring those who persecute me to justice? 85Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings. (All your commandments are reliable.) Those people persecute me with lies. Help me! 87They almost wiped me off ⌞the face of⌟ the earth. But I did not abandon your guiding principles. 88Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, ⌞which came⌟ from your mouth.
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 follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is pure. It endures forever. The decisions of the Lord are true. They are completely fair.
- Romans 7:12So the laws in Moses’ Teachings are holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.
- Psalms 119:78Let arrogant people be put to shame because they lied about me, ⌞yet⌟ I reflect on your guiding principles.
- Psalms 7:1O Lord my God, I have taken refuge in you. Save me, and rescue me from all who are pursuing me.
- Psalms 35:7For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.
- Psalms 38:19My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason.
- Psalms 59:3They lie in ambush for me right here! Fierce men attack me, O Lord, but not because of any disobedience,
- Jeremiah 18:20Good should not be paid back with evil. They dig a pit to take my life. Remember how I stood in your presence and pleaded for them in order to turn your anger away from them.
- Psalms 70:5But I am oppressed and needy. O God, come to me quickly. You are my help and my savior. O Lord, do not delay!
- Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me.
- Psalms 143:9Rescue me from my enemies, O 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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