Psalms 119:156
Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
In Context
155Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for.
157Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall then into the hand of the Lord,—for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
Psalms 51:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David, (51:2) When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in unto Bath-sheba'.” (51:3) Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy kindness: according to the greatness of thy mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 86:13For thy kindness is great toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world.
Psalms 119:25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
Isaiah 63:7The kindnesses of the Lord will I mention, the praises of the Lord, in accordance with all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the abundant goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and the abundance of his kindnesses.
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 →