Psalm 119:85
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New International Version (©1984)
The arrogant dig pitfalls for me, contrary to your law.

New Living Translation (©2007)
These arrogant people who hate your instructions have dug deep pits to trap me.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings.

King James Bible
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

American King James Version
The proud have dig pits for me, which are not after your law.

American Standard Version
The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

Bible in Basic English
The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

Darby Bible Translation
The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

English Revised Version
The proud have digged pits for me, who are not after thy law.

Webster's Bible Translation
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not according to thy law.

World English Bible
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

Young's Literal Translation
The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

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.


Psalm 7:15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.
Psalm 35:7 For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
Psalm 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
Jeremiah 18:22 May an outcry be heard from their houses, When You suddenly bring raiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hidden snares for my feet. (NASB ©1995)

Accord Arrogant Conform Contrary Dig Digged Dug Godless Law Nets Pitfalls Pits Pride Proud Turned

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

the proud. This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East; deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin. Ps 119:78 7:15 35:7 36:11 Pr 16:27 Jer 18:20

which Ps 58:1,2

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Alphabetical: {Men} accord are arrogant contrary dig dug for have in law me not pitfalls pits The to who with your

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