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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:95 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
have waited
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
for me to destroy
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
me: but I will consider
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
thy testimonies
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
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Psa. 119:61,69,85‑87• 61The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.
 69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.
 85The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.
 86All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
 87They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts. (Psa. 119:61,69,85‑87)
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Psa. 10:8‑10• 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
 9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
 10He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones. (Psa. 10:8‑10)
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Psa. 27:2• 2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. (Psa. 27:2)
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Psa. 37:32• 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him: (Psa. 37:32)
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Psa. 38:12• 12And they 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. (Psa. 38:12)
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1 Sam. 23:20‑23• 20And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.
 21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.
 22Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.
 23And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:20‑23)
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2 Sam. 17:1‑4• 1And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;
 2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
 3and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
 4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. (2 Sam. 17:1‑4)
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Matt. 26:3‑5• 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
 5but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people. (Matt. 26:3‑5)
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Acts 12:11• 11And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews. (Acts 12:11)
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Acts 23:21• 21Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee. (Acts 23:21)
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Acts 25:3• 3asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way. (Acts 25:3)
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Psa. 119:24,31,111,125,129,167• 24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
 31I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
 111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
 125I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
 129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
 167My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. (Psa. 119:24,31,111,125,129,167)
• However, he still looks for final deliverance from his enemies, who have waited to destroy him. While waiting for God’s salvation, he finds his present strength in considering God’s testimonies (vs. 95). (“Psalm 119:89-96: Division 12 (Lamed)” by H. Smith)
• One sees how constantly the soul is seen in the presence of oppressing enemies; for the remnant will be so in the last days. In one sense we always are, but it applies often in evil days. “The wicked have waited for me to destroy me.” But the soul waits in peace, occupied with God's testimonies. And this does give peace and enables the soul to leave all to God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.