85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
85 The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law.
85 The arrogant godless try to throw me off track, ignorant as they are of God and his ways.
85 The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your law.
85 These arrogant people who hate your instructions have dug deep pits to trap me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:85
Commentary on Psalm 119:81-88
(Read Psalm 119:81-88)
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.