Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
King James Version
In Context
154Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Cross References
Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalms 18:27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Isaiah 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Romans 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after 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 →