Psalms 119:153
RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
In Context
152Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.
154Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;
Psalms 9:13(9:14) Be gracious unto me, O Lord; have regard to my affliction [coming] from those that hate me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalms 25:19Look at my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with the hatred of violence.
Psalms 119:98Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.
Psalms 119:141I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.
Psalms 119:176I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.
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 →