Psalms 119:86

86 (All your commandments are reliable.) Those people persecute me with lies. Help me!

Psalms 119:86 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:86

All thy commandments [are] faithful
Or, "faithfulness"

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 they are made by a faithful God, who is holy, just, and true; they command faithfulness, sincerity, and uprightness; and require men to love their neighbours as themselves, and to do all they do faithfully, cordially, and affectionately; they are to be done in truth and faithfulness, in charity, out of a pure heart, and faith unfeigned; and therefore to dig pits for men must not be after, but contrary, to the law of God;

they persecute me wrongfully;
without a cause, purely out of ill will and for religion's sake; which, as it is an argument with the saints to bear persecution patiently, it is used as an argument with the Lord, to arise and appear on the behalf of his persecuted ones, as follows:

help thou me;
against my persecutors, and out of their hands: God is able to help his people; he has promised to do it; it may be expected from him; and he is a present help in time of trouble. This is a suitable petition in the mouths of God's people, and should be a prayer of faith.

F24 (hnwma) "fides", Tigurine version, Piscator; "veritas et fidelitas", Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 119:86 In-Context

84 What is left of my life? When will you bring those who persecute me to justice?

85 Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings.

86 (All your commandments are reliable.) Those people persecute me with lies. Help me!

87 They almost wiped me off [the face of] the earth. But I did not abandon your guiding principles.

88 Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, [which came] from your mouth.