Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible

The wicked wait for me to destroy me;
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

The wicked hope to destroy me,
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.

Amplified


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

Verse Info

Context Readings

Lamed

94 I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts. 95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies. 96 MEM. I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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 helpless.

Psalm 27:2

When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

Psalm 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

Psalm 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight And my counsellors.

Psalm 119:31

I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

Psalm 119:61

The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; But I have not forgotten thy law.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

Psalm 119:85-87

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:125

I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

Psalm 119:129

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

Psalm 119:167

My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

Acts 12:11

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Acts 23:21

Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

Acts 25:3

asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

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