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Psalms 119:87
Psalms 119:87 is verse 87 of Psalms chapter 119, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
King James Version
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
World English Bible
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
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Psalms 119:85–89 · Berean Standard Bible
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 20:3But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
1 Samuel 23:26Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
1 Samuel 23:27Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
2 Samuel 17:16Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
Psalms 119:61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
1 Samuel 24:6So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
1 Samuel 24:7With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
1 Samuel 26:9But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
1 Samuel 26:24As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”