Psalms 119:156
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
In Context
155Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Psalms 119:25My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Isaiah 63:7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:156
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. Here is, 1. The description of wicked men. They do not only do God's statutes, but they do not so much as seek them; they do not acquaint themselves with them, nor so much as desire to know their duty, nor in the least endeavour to do it. Those are wicked indeed who do not think the law of God worth enquiring after, but are altogether regardless of it, being resolved to live at large and to walk in the way of their heart. 2. Their doom:… Read the whole commentary →