Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not thy statutes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Plead thou my cause, and redeem me. Enliven me according to thy word.
156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD. Enliven me according to thine ordinances.
Cross References
Job 21:14And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalms 18:27For thou will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes thou will bring down.
Isaiah 46:12Hearken to me, ye stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 59:11We all roar like bears, and moan greatly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Romans 3:11There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:154-155
20. RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Here, I. David prays for succour in distress. Is any afflicted? let him pray; let him pray as David does here. 1. He has an eye to God's pity, and prays, " Consider my affliction; take it into thy thoughts, and all the circumstances of it, and sit not by as one unconcerned." God is never unmindful of his people's afflictions, but he will have us to put him in… Read the whole commentary →