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Psalms 119:95
95The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, ⌞yet⌟ I want to understand your written instructions.
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 your guiding principles, because you gave me a new life through them. 94I am yours. Save me, because I have searched for your guiding principles. The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, ⌞yet⌟ I want to understand your written instructions. 96I have seen a limit to everything else, ⌞but⌟ your commandments have no limit. 97Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:95 word by word
לִ֤י קִוּ֣וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לְאַבְּדֵ֑נִי עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗יךָ אֶתְבּוֹנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:95
- Psalms 119:61⌞Though⌟ the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.
- Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
- Psalms 27:2Evildoers closed in on me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked person watches the righteous person and seeks to kill him.
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
- 1 Samuel 23:20Come, Your Majesty, whenever you want. We will hand him over to you.”
- 2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men and leave tonight to go after David.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the leaders of the people gathered in the palace of the chief priest Caiaphas.
- Acts 12:11When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I’m sure that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people are expecting to happen to me.”
- Acts 23:21Don’t let them persuade you to do this. More than forty of them are planning to ambush him. They have asked God to curse them if they eat or drink anything before they have murdered him. They are ready now and are expecting you to promise ⌞that you will bring Paul⌟.”
- Acts 25:3Festus to do them the favor of having Paul brought to Jerusalem. The Jews had a plan to ambush and kill Paul as he traveled to Jerusalem.
- Psalms 119:24Indeed, your written instructions make me happy. They are my best friends.
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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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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