Psalms 119:85 · KJV
“The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.”
— Psalms 119:85
How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}
Psalms 119 — Context
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; {yet} do I not forget thy statutes.
84How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.
86All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}
87They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}
Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.
Psalms 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. {He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit}
Psalms 119:78
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: {but} I will meditate in thy precepts.
Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalms 58:1-2
[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? {Altaschith...: or, Destroy not} {Michtam: or, A golden Psalm}
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.