Psalm 119:87

87 Wenig fehlte, so hätten sie mich vernichtet auf der Erde; ich aber, ich habe deine Vorschriften nicht verlassen.

Psalm 119:87 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:87

They had almost consumed me upon earth
Almost destroyed his good name, wasted his substance, took away his crown and kingdom, and even his life; it was within a little of it, his soul had almost dwelt in silence; they had almost cast him down to the ground, and left him there. But all this was only on earth; they could not reach any thing that belonged to him in heaven; not his name, which was written there in the Lamb's book of life; nor his riches and inheritance there, the never fading crown of glory laid up for him there; or that eternal life, which is hid with Christ in God for him;

but I forsook not thy precepts;
did not decline the service and worship of God, nor neglect his word and ordinances, though thus persecuted, and all these things came upon him for the sake of religion; see ( Psalms 44:17 ) .

Psalm 119:87 In-Context

85 Die Übermütigen haben mir Gruben gegraben, sie, die nicht nach deinem Gesetz sind.

86 Alle deine Gebote sind Treue. Sie haben mich verfolgt ohne Grund: hilf mir!

87 Wenig fehlte, so hätten sie mich vernichtet auf der Erde; ich aber, ich habe deine Vorschriften nicht verlassen.

88 Belebe mich nach deiner Güte, und ich will bewahren das Zeugnis deines Mundes.

89 In Ewigkeit, Jehova, steht dein Wort fest in den Himmeln;