Psalms 119:95

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC118:95

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

GNV

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

JPS

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider Thy testimonies.

LXXE118:95

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

לִ֤י קִוּ֣וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לְאַבְּדֵ֑נִי עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗יךָ אֶתְבּוֹנָֽן׃

LXX-Br118:95

Ἐμὲ ὑπέμειναν ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοῦ ἀπολέσαι με, τὰ μαρτύριά σου συνῆκα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 119:167I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
• Psalms 119:31I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
• Psalms 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
• Psalms 119:85–87The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
• Psalms 10:8–10He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his…
• Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
• Acts 23:21Do 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.”
• Psalms 119:125I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
• Matthew 26:3–5At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. “But not during the feast,” they…
• 1 Samuel 23:20–23Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.” “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me. Please go and…
• Psalms 119:61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
• Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
• Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
• Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

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