Parallel Verses
Amplified
The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.
New American Standard Bible
I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.
King James Version
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Holman Bible
but I contemplate Your decrees.
International Standard Version
The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.
A Conservative Version
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider thy testimonies.
American Standard Version
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.
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.
Darby Translation
The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies.
King James 2000
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will think on Your testimonies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ungodly lay wait for me to destroy me, but I consider thy testimonies.
NET Bible
The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
The Emphasized Bible
For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
Themes
Commandment » The commandments of the lord
Understanding » Who understands
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 119:95
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lamed
94
I am Yours, save me [as Your own];
For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].
The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.
I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];
Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:20-23
Now then, O king, come down [to Ziph] in accordance with all your heart’s desire to do so [and capture him]; and our part shall be to hand him over to the king.”
2 Samuel 17:1-4
Then, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.
Psalm 10:8-10
He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
Psalm 27:2
When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 37:32
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.
Psalm 119:24
Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.
Psalm 119:31
I cling tightly to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
Psalm 119:61
The cords of the wicked have encircled and ensnared me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
Psalm 119:69
The arrogant have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Psalm 119:85-87
The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.
Psalm 119:111
I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,
For they are the joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:125
I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]
That I may know Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:129
Pe.
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.
Psalm 119:167
My soul keeps Your testimonies [hearing and accepting and obeying them];
I love them greatly.
Matthew 26:3-5
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was
Acts 12:11
When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me].”
Acts 23:21
But do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, just waiting for your promise.”
Acts 25:3
asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).