Psalms 119:155
רָחוֹק מֵרְשָׁעִים יְשׁוּעָה כִּֽי ־ חֻקֶּיךָ לֹא דָרָֽשׁוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154רִיבָה רִיבִי וּגְאָלֵנִי לְאִמְרָתְךָ חַיֵּֽנִי ׃
156רַחֲמֶיךָ רַבִּים ׀ יְהוָה כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ חַיֵּֽנִי ׃
Cross References
Job 21:14וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָֽצְנוּ ׃
Psalms 18:27עִם ־ נָבָר תִּתְבָּרָר וְעִם ־ עִקֵּשׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל ׃
Isaiah 46:12שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי אַבִּירֵי לֵב הָרְחוֹקִים מִצְּדָקָֽה ׃
Isaiah 59:11נֶהֱמֶה כַדֻּבִּים כֻּלָּנוּ וְכַיּוֹנִים הָגֹה נֶהְגֶּה נְקַוֶּה לַמִּשְׁפָּט וָאַיִן לִֽישׁוּעָה רָחֲקָה מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
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 →