| Geneva Study Bible The proud have {d} digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. (d) They have not only oppressed me violently but also craftily conspired against me. Wesley's Notes 119:85 Who - Who have no respect to thy law. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 85. pits-plots for my destruction. which-rather, "who," that is, "the proud"; "pits" is not the antecedent. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 119:81-88 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 moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us. | 
