Psalms 119:156
Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
Noyes 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 seek not thy statutes.
157Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
Cross References
Psalms 51:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after his intercourse with Bathsheba.” Be gracious unto me, O God! according to thy loving kindness; According to the greatness of thy mercy, blot out my transgressions!
Psalms 86:13For thy kindness to me hath been great; Thou hast delivered me from the depths of the underworld!
Psalms 119:25My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
Isaiah 63:7I will celebrate the mercy of Jehovah, the glory of Jehovah, According to all that he hath done for us; His great goodness to the house of Israel, Which he hath bestowed on it in his tender mercy, and his great kindness.
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 →