Salmos 119:85

85 Estos arrogantes que odian tus enseñanzas
cavaron hoyos profundos para atraparme.

Salmos 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.

Salmos 119:85 In-Context

83 Estoy arrugado como un odre ahumado,
pero no me olvidé de obedecer tus decretos.

84 ¿Hasta cuándo tendré que esperar?
¿Cuándo castigarás a los que me persiguen?

85 Estos arrogantes que odian tus enseñanzas
cavaron hoyos profundos para atraparme.

86 Todos tus mandatos son confiables.
Protégeme de aquellos que me persiguen sin causa.

87 Casi acaban conmigo,
pero me negué a abandonar tus mandamientos.