Psalm 119:95
New International Version
The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.

New Living Translation
Though the wicked hide along the way to kill me, I will quietly keep my mind on your laws.

English Standard Version
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.

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

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

New King James Version
The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I will diligently consider Your testimonies.

NASB 1995
The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.

NASB 1977
The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Thy testimonies.

Legacy Standard Bible
The wicked hope for me—to destroy me; I shall perceive Your testimonies.

Amplified Bible
The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.

Christian Standard Bible
The wicked hope to destroy me, but I contemplate your decrees.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked hope to destroy me, but I contemplate Your decrees.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The evil lay wait for me to destroy me and I have understood your testimonies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies.

Contemporary English Version
Brutal enemies are waiting to ambush and destroy me, but I obey your rules.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

English Revised Version
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider thy testimonies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, [yet] I want to understand your written instructions.

Good News Translation
The wicked are waiting to kill me, but I will meditate on your laws.

International Standard Version
The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; But I will consider Thy testimonies.

Literal Standard Version
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, | I understand Your testimonies.

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

New American Bible
The wicked hope to destroy me, but I seek to understand your testimonies.

NET Bible
The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

New Revised Standard Version
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your decrees.

New Heart English Bible
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

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Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
94I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. 95The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies. 96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.…

Cross References
Psalm 40:14
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Psalm 119:96
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

Isaiah 32:7
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.


Treasury of Scripture

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

wicked

Psalm 119:61,69,85-87
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law…

Psalm 10:8-10
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor…

Psalm 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

but I

Psalm 119:24,31,111,125,129,167
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers…

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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














Verse 95. - The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; or, "laid in wait for me" (comp. Psalm 56:6, where the same verb is used). But I will consider thy testimonies I will look to thy word of promise, and so sustain their assaults upon me.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

wait
קִוּ֣וּ (qiw·wū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

to destroy
לְאַבְּדֵ֑נִי (lə·’ab·bə·ḏê·nî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

me,
לִ֤י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

but I will ponder
אֶתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ (’eṯ·bō·w·nān)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

Your testimonies.
עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗יךָ (‘ê·ḏō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5713: Testimony, witness


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