Psalms 119:153
RESH. O see mine affliction, and rescue me; for I do not forget Thy law.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
In Context
152Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever.
154Plead Thou my cause, and redeem me; quicken me according to Thy word.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the LORD said: 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their pains;
Psalms 9:13(9-14) Be gracious unto me, O LORD, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Psalms 25:19Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.
Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psalms 119:141I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten 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 →