Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
156Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
Cross References
Psalms 18:27For the lowly people you save, but haughty eyes you abase.
Romans 3:11not one who understands, not one who is searching for 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 →