86 All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
86 All thy commandments are faithful:
86 All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
86 Everything you command is a sure thing, but they harass me with lies. Help!
86 All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me!
86 All your commands are trustworthy. Protect me from those who hunt me down without cause.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
87 They have almost made an end of me on earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
87 They've pushed and pushed - they never let up - but I haven't relaxed my grip on your counsel.
87 They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts.
87 They almost finished me off, but I refused to abandon your commandments.
(Read Psalm 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.
95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.
95 The wicked lie in ambush to destroy me, but I'm only concerned with your plans for me.
95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.
95 Though the wicked hide along the way to kill me, I will quietly keep my mind on your laws.
(Read Psalm 119:89-96)
The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us. See the best help for bad memories, namely, good affections; and though the exact words be lost, if the meaning remain, that is well. I am thine, not my own, not the world's; save me from sin, save me from ruin. The Lord will keep the man in peace, whose mind is stayed on him. It is poor perfection which one sees and end of. Such are all things in this world, which pass for perfections. The glory of man is but as the flower of the grass. The psalmist had seen the fulness of the word of God, and its sufficiency. The word of the Lord reaches to all cases, to all times. It will take us from all confidence in man, or in our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness. Thus shall we seek comfort and happiness from Christ alone.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:86
Commentary on Psalm 119:81-88
(Read Psalm 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.