Psalmen 119:87

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Bijna hadden zij mij op aarde vernietigd, en toch had ik uw bevelen niet verzaakt.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Zij hebben mij bijna verdelgd van de aarde, maar ik verlaat uwe bevelen niet.

Staten Vertaling
Zij hebben mij bijna vernietigd op de aarde, maar ik heb Uw bevelen niet verlaten.

Bible Verse Review
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almost: 1 Samuel 20:3, 1 Samuel 23:26, 1 Samuel 23:27, 2 Samuel 17:16, Matthew 10:28

but I forsook: Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:61, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 24:7, 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 26:24

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:110 - yet I erred

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They had almost consumed me upon earth - The word which is here translated “consumed” is the same which is used in Psalms 119:81, and there rendered “fainteth.” See the notes at that verse. The idea is, that their persecutions had been so severe, and so long continued, that his strength was almost exhausted; he was ready to faint and to die.

But I forsook not thy precepts - I still adhered to thee, even in the extremity of my suffering. The effect of persecution was not to drive me from thee, or to lead me to abandon thee. See Psalms 119:61, note; Psalms 119:69, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:87. They had almost consumed me — Had it not been for thy mercy, we had all been destroyed under this oppressive captivity.