Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, 1 for they do not love your statutes. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Plead my cause and redeem me; 1 keep me, as you have promised in your word. 1
156Great are your merciful actions, Yahweh; 1 keep me alive, as you always do. 1
Cross References
Job 21:14They say to God, 'Depart from us 1 for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways. 1
Psalms 18:27For you save afflicted people, but you bring down those with proud, uplifted eyes! 1
Isaiah 46:12Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are far from doing what is right. 1
Isaiah 59:11We growl like bears and moan like doves; 1 we wait for justice, but there is none; for rescue, but it is far from us. 1
Romans 3:11There is no one who understands. 1 There is no one who seeks after God. 1
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 →