Psalm 119:95 “The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.”

Psalm 119:95

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

World English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

American Standard Version

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Darby Translation

The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.

Young's Literal Translation

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

Bible in Basic English

The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

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Cross references

“wicked”

Psalm 119:69 Psalm 119:85–87 Psalm 10:8–10 Acts 23:21 Acts 25:3 Psalm 119:61

Psalm 119:69 · BSB

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85–87 · BSB

The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

Psalm 10:8–10 · BSB

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Acts 23:21 · BSB

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

Acts 25:3 · BSB

to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

Psalm 119:61 · BSB

Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

“but I”

Psalm 119:167 Psalm 119:31 Psalm 119:24 Psalm 119:125 Psalm 119:129 Psalm 119:111

Psalm 119:167 · BSB

I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

Psalm 119:31 · BSB

I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

Psalm 119:24 · BSB

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

Psalm 119:125 · BSB

I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

Psalm 119:129 · BSB

Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

Psalm 119:111 · BSB

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

94I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

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