Psalm 119:87
New International Version
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

New Living Translation
They almost finished me off, but I refused to abandon your commandments.

English Standard Version
They have almost made an end of me on earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

Berean Standard Bible
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

King James Bible
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

New King James Version
They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts.

New American Standard Bible
They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not abandon Your precepts.

NASB 1995
They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

NASB 1977
They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Thy precepts.

Legacy Standard Bible
They almost made an end of me on the earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

Amplified Bible
They had almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not turn away from Your precepts.

Christian Standard Bible
They almost ended my life on earth, but I did not abandon your precepts.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They almost ended my life on earth, but I did not abandon Your precepts.

American Standard Version
They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In a bit they would have destroyed me in the earth, and I have not forsaken your commandments.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.

Contemporary English Version
They have almost killed me, but I have been faithful to your teachings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

English Revised Version
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They almost wiped me off [the face of] the earth. But I did not abandon your guiding principles.

Good News Translation
They have almost succeeded in killing me, but I have not neglected your commands.

International Standard Version
Though the arrogant nearly destroyed me on earth, I did not abandon your precepts.

JPS Tanakh 1917
They had almost consumed me upon earth; But as for me, I forsook not Thy precepts.

Literal Standard Version
They have almost consumed me on earth, | And I have not forsaken Your precepts.

Majority Standard Bible
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

New American Bible
They have almost put an end to me on earth, but I do not forsake your precepts.

NET Bible
They have almost destroyed me here on the earth, but I do not reject your precepts.

New Revised Standard Version
They have almost made an end of me on earth; but I have not forsaken your precepts.

New Heart English Bible
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I did not forsake your precepts.

Webster's Bible Translation
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

World English Bible
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

Young's Literal Translation
Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! 87They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts. 88Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.…

Cross References
Psalm 119:88
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

Proverbs 4:2
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

Isaiah 58:2
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God."


Treasury of Scripture

They had almost consumed me on earth; but I forsook not your precepts.

almost

1 Samuel 20:3
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

1 Samuel 23:26,27
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them…

2 Samuel 17:16
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

but I feared

Psalm 119:51,61
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law…

1 Samuel 24:6,7
And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD…

1 Samuel 26:9,24
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? …

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














(87) Upon earth.--Rather, on the land. (Comp. Psalm 58:2.)

Verse 87. - They had almost consumed me upon earth; or, "made an end of me," "destroyed me." But I forsook not thy precepts (comp. vers. 69, 78, 83). Persecution made the psalmist cling the more to God's Law.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They almost
כִּ֭מְעַט (kim·‘aṭ)
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

wiped me
כִּלּ֣וּנִי (kil·lū·nî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

from the earth,
בָאָ֑רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

but I
וַ֝אֲנִ֗י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

forsaken
עָזַ֥בְתִּי (‘ā·zaḇ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

Your precepts.
פִקֻּודֶֽיךָ׃‪‬ (p̄iq·qu·w·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6490: Appointed, a mandate


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