Psalms 119:126
Yahweh, now is the time for you to punish people because they have disobeyed your laws.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 22:14Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
1 Kings 19:10Elijah replied, “I have zealously served you, Yahweh, God Almighty. But the Israeli people have broken the agreement that they made with you. They have torn down your altars, and they have killed all of your prophets. I am the only one whom they have not killed, and now they are trying to kill me, too. So I am running away from them.”
Psalms 102:13You will arise and be merciful to the people of [MTY] Jerusalem; it is now time for you to do that; this is the time for you to be kind to them.
Isaiah 42:14He will say, “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself from doing what I need to do. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
Habakkuk 1:4No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people in the courts, with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
Matthew 15:6And if you do that, you think that you do not need to give anything to help your parents. In that way, by teaching people your traditions, you disregard what God commanded.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:125-126
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. Here is, 1. David's petition for divine instruction: " Teach me thy statutes; give me to know all my duty; when I am in doubt, and know not for certain what is my duty, direct me, and make it plain to me; now that I am afflicted, oppressed, and my eyes are ready to fail for thy salvation, let me know what my duty is in this condition." In difficult times we… Read the whole commentary →