Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

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.

World English Bible

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

Verse Info

Context Readings

Lamed

94 I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought. 95 Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. 96 Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly!


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours is to shut him up into the hand of the king.'

2 Samuel 17:1-4

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

Psalm 10:8-10

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

Psalm 27:2

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Psalm 38:12

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

Psalm 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!

Psalm 119:31

I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

Psalm 119:61

Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

Psalm 119:69

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

Psalm 119:85-87

The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

Psalm 119:111

I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.

Psalm 119:125

Thy servant am I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

Psalm 119:129

Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

Psalm 119:167

Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.

Matthew 26:3-5

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

Acts 12:11

And Peter having come to himself, said, 'Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;'

Acts 23:21

thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.'

Acts 25:3

asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

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