Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

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.

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.

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 belong to you. Deliver me! For I seek your precepts. 95 The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules. 96 I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king's hand will be our responsibility."

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.

Psalm 10:8-10

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

Psalm 27:2

When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

Psalm 37:32

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

Psalm 119:24

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.

Psalm 119:31

I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

Psalm 119:61

The ropes of the wicked tighten around me, but I do not forget your law.

Psalm 119:69

Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85-87

The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.

Psalm 119:111

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

Psalm 119:125

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Psalm 119:129

(Pe) Your rules are marvelous. Therefore I observe them.

Psalm 119:167

I keep your rules; I love them greatly.

Matthew 26:3-5

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

Acts 12:11

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen."

Acts 23:21

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

Acts 25:3

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

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