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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:85 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The proud
zed (Hebrew #2086)
arrogant
KJV usage: presumptuous, proud.
Pronounce: zade'
Origin: from 2102
have digged
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
d pits
shiychah (Hebrew #7882)
a pit-fall
KJV usage: pit.
Pronounce: shee-khaw'
Origin: for 7745
for me, which are not after thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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The proud.This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East:
deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive.
Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.
Psa. 119:78• 78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. (Psa. 119:78)
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Psa. 7:15• 15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. (Psa. 7:15)
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)
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Psa. 36:11• 11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. (Psa. 36:11)
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Prov. 16:27• 27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. (Prov. 16:27)
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Jer. 18:20• 20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. (Jer. 18:20)
which.
Psa. 58:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.>> Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. (Psa. 58:1‑2)
• In confidence of heart, the afflicted soul spreads out the trial before God. The proud had digged pits to entrap him. (“Psalm 119:81-88: Division 11 (Caph)” by H. Smith)
• Moreover, not only do the wicked oppose the people of God but, they oppose God Himself. Their actions are not after God’s law; they are wrongful in God’s sight; they forsake God’s precepts. God is not unmindful of the sorrows of the saints, and He cannot ignore the evil ways of the wicked. (“Psalm 119:81-88: Division 11 (Caph)” by H. Smith)
• And the sorrow he was suffering was both the pride of man and was not according to the word which God made good and owned. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The proud have digged pits for me, which is notc according to thy law.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "who are not."