King James Version

Psalms 119:95

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

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לִ֤יlitoלִ֤יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toקִוּ֣וּqiuvgatherקָוָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “gather”, a completed actionH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.לְאַבְּדֵ֑נִיleabdenito destroyאָבַדpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to destroy”, the to-form of the verbH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.עֵ֝דֹתֶ֗יךָedoteykhatestimonyעֵדָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “testimony”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5713testimonytestimony, witness. Compare H5712 (עֵדָה).אֶתְבּוֹנָֽןetbonanunderstandבִּיןverb, hithpolel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “understand”, an unfinished actionH995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understandattend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) und…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider Thy testimonies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

World English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

Darby Translation

The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider Thy testimonies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐμὲ ὑπέμειναν ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοῦ ἀπολέσαι με, τὰ μαρτύριά σου συνῆκα.