Psalms 119:156
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
King James Version
In Context
155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Psalms 51:1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalms 119:25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Isaiah 63:7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:156
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. Here is, 1. The description of wicked men. They do not only do God's statutes, but they do not so much as seek them; they do not acquaint themselves with them, nor so much as desire to know their duty, nor in the least endeavour to do it. Those are wicked indeed who do not think the law of God worth enquiring after, but are altogether regardless of it, being resolved to live at large and to walk in the way of their heart. 2. Their doom:… Read the whole commentary →