Psalms 119:85

85 Proud people do what is against your law. They dig pits for me to fall into.

Psalms 119:85 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:85

The proud have digged pits for me
Laid snares and temptations in his way, to draw him into sin, and so into mischief; they sought indeed to take away his life, and formed schemes for it. The allusion is to the digging of pits for the taking of wild beasts; which shows the ill opinion they had of David, and their ill usage of him; see ( Psalms 7:15 ) ( 9:15 ) ;

which [are] not after thy law;
no, contrary to it; which forbids the digging of a pit, and leaving it uncovered, so that a neighbour's beast might fall into it, ( Exodus 21:33 Exodus 21:34 ) ; and if those might not be dug to the injury of beasts, then much less to the injury of men, to the hurt of the servants of the Lord, or to the shedding of innocent blood, which the law forbids.

Psalms 119:85 In-Context

83 I'm as useless as a wineskin that smoke has dried up. But I don't forget to follow your orders.

84 How long do I have to wait? When will you punish those who attack me?

85 Proud people do what is against your law. They dig pits for me to fall into.

86 All of your commands can be trusted. Help me, because people attack me without any reason.

87 They almost wiped me off the face of the earth. But I have not turned away from your rules.