Psalms 119:155
Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
156Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
Cross References
Job 21:14They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
Psalms 18:27Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes.
Isaiah 46:12Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are farre from iustice.
Isaiah 59:11We roare all like beares, and mourne like dooues: wee looke for equitie, but there is none: for health, but it is farre from vs.
Romans 3:11There is none that vnderstandeth: there is none that seeketh 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 →