Psalms 119:153
Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
In Context
152Of old I have known from thy testimonies that thou have founded them forever.
154Plead thou my cause, and redeem me. Enliven me according to thy word.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Psalms 9:13Have mercy upon me, O LORD. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts me up from the gates of death
Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many. And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
Psalms 119:141I am small and despised. I do not forget thy precepts.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:153
152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. This confirms what he had said in the close of the foregoing verses, All thy commandments are truth; he means the covenant, the word which God has commanded to a thousand generations. This is firm, as true as truth itself. For, 1. God has founded it so; he has framed it for a perpetuity. Such is the constitution of it, and so well ordered is it in all things, that it cannot but be sure. The promises are founded for ever, so… Read the whole commentary →