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Psalms 119:95
95The wicked wait for me to destroy me. But I will study Your testimonies.
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 precepts. For with them You have kept me alive. 94I am Yours, save me! For I have sought out Your precepts. The wicked wait for me to destroy me. But I will study Your testimonies. 96I have seen a limit to all perfection, yet Your commandment is boundless. 97O how I love Your Torah! It is my meditation all day.
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 119:61The ropes of the wicked are coiled around me, but I did not forget Your Torah.
- Psalms 10:8He lies in ambush near villages. In hidden places he slays the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for the helpless.
- Psalms 27:2When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh —my adversaries and my foes— they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked lies in wait for the righteous, seeking to slay him.
- Psalms 38:12My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.
- 1 Samuel 23:20Now therefore, O king, come down whenever it is a desire of your soul to come down—our part will be to deliver him into the king’s hand.”
- 2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose 12,000 men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
- Matthew 26:3Then the ruling kohanim and elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the kohen gadol named Caiaphas.
- Acts 12:11When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for real that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Judean people were expecting.”
- Acts 23:21But do not give in to them, for more than forty of them have bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now, they are ready and waiting for your consent.”
- Acts 25:3asking a favor—to have Paul sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the road.
- Psalms 119:24For Your testimonies are my delight— they are also my counselors.
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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