Parallel Verses

World English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

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.

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.

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 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your 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 to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

Psalm 10:8-10

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Psalm 27:2

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

Psalm 38:12

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

Psalm 119:24

Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED

Psalm 119:31

I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.

Psalm 119:61

The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Psalm 119:85-87

The proud have dug pits for me, contrary 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, that I may know your testimonies.

Psalm 119:129

Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

Psalm 119:167

My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Acts 12:11

When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."

Acts 23:21

Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."

Acts 25:3

asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.

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