Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your 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.

American Standard Version

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But 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.

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] yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. 95 For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies. 96 I have seen a limit to every perfection; your command [is] very broad.


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

So then, O king, {whenever you want} to come down, come down, and [it will be] for us to deliver him into the hand of the king."

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue after David {tonight}.

Psalm 10:8-10

He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.

Psalm 27:2

When evildoers drew near against me to eat my flesh-- my adversaries and my enemies [who drew near] to me-- they themselves stumbled and fell.

Psalm 37:32

[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

Psalm 119:24

Your testimonies [are] my delight, {my counselors}.

Psalm 119:31

I cling to your testimonies; O Yahweh, do not let me be put to shame.

Psalm 119:61

[The] cords of [the] wicked surround me, [but] I do not forget your law.

Psalm 119:69

[The] arrogant smear me with lies; I keep your precepts with [my] whole heart.

Psalm 119:85-87

[The] arrogant have dug pits for me, which [is] not according to your law.

Psalm 119:111

I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they [are] the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:125

I [am] your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes.

Psalm 119:129

Your testimonies [are] miracles, therefore my soul keeps them.

Psalm 119:167

My soul heeds your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

Acts 12:11

And [when] Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know truly that the Lord has sent out his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and all {that the Jewish people expected}!"

Acts 23:21

You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more [than] forty men of {their number} are lying in wait [for] him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."

Acts 25:3

asking for a favor against him, that he summon him to Jerusalem, [because they] were preparing an ambush to do away with him along the way.

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