Psalms 119:86 (DBY)

Passage

All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:84 How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Psalms 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

Psalms 119:86 All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

Psalms 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

Psalms 119:88 Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "commandments", "faithfulness", "persecute", "wrongfully", "help", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "commandments", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 85's "The proud have digged pits for me..." into verse 87's "They had almost consumed me upon the...", so "faith" and "commandments" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "commandments" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.