Psalms 119:85

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83 For ^aI have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

84 ^aHow many are the days of Your servant?
^bWhen will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

85 ^aThe proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your law.

86 All Your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me ^awrongfully;
Help me!

87 They almost made an end of me on earth,
But I did not forsake Your precepts.

88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

ל Lamed

89 ^aForever, O Lord,
Your word¹ is settled in heaven.

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The proud - Those in high life, or of exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 119:51.

Have digged pits for me - See the notes at Psalms 7:15. Compare Psalms 35:7; Psalms 57:6; Psalms 94:13.

Which are not after thy law - The word which here refers not to the pits, but to the proud. They who have done this are people who do not regard thy commands; people who are open and public offenders. It is that class of people with whom I have to contend - inert who set at defiance all the laws of God; men high in rank, who wield great power, and who have no regard to the law of God in their conduct. Even they have sought my destruction in the meanest way possible - by covert arts, by underhanded means, by digging pits, as they would for wild beasts.

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