Psalms 119:87 meaning and explanation

They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

Psalms 119:87, Berean Standard Bible

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The psalmist speaks as God's servant, an unnamed figure who throughout this long acrostic psalm describes his devotion to God's law while facing mockery, slander and plots from the arrogant and from rulers. Here he says his enemies nearly destroyed him, bringing him close to death, yet he has not abandoned God's precepts.

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