Psalms 119:85
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
BSB
ASV
The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
KJV
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The proud have digged pits - The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic, translate this verse thus: “They have recited to me unholy fables, which are not according to thy law.” They wish us to receive their system of idolatry, and the tales concerning their gods; but these are not according to thy law. The Anglo-Saxon is the same: They quothed me the unrightwise spells; but no so so law thine.
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Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
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But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
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The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
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Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
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As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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Psalms 119:78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
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Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
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