Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.
156Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
Cross References
Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Psalms 18:27For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
Isaiah 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Romans 3:11there is not the [man] that understands, there is not one that seeks after 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 →