Psalm 119:85
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- The proud
- This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East: deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.
- Psalm 119:78; Psalm 7:15; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 36:11; Proverbs 16:27; Jeremiah 18:20
- which
- Psalm 58:1, 2