Psalms 119:156
Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
Open English Bible (US)
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, for their mind is not in your statutes.
157My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
Cross References
Psalms 51:1In your kindness, O God, be gracious to me, in your own great pity blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 86:13For great is your love towards me, from the depths of Sheol you have saved me.
Psalms 119:25I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
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 →