Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
156Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
Cross References
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Psalms 18:27For thou savest the afflicted people, But the haughty countenance thou bringest down.
Isaiah 46:12Hearken to me, ye stubborn-hearted, That are far from deliverance!
Isaiah 59:11We groan, all of us, like bears, And like doves we make a continued moan; We look for judgment, and it cometh not; For salvation, and it is far from us.
Romans 3:11there is none that hath understanding, there is none that diligently seeketh 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 →