Psalms 119:153
[RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
In Context
152Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.
154Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life
Cross References
Exodus 3:7Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt,—and their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task-masters, for I know their pains;
Psalms 9:13Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death;
Psalms 25:19Behold my foes, for they abound,—and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.
Psalms 119:98Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
Psalms 119:141Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:153
152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. This confirms what he had said in the close of the foregoing verses, All thy commandments are truth; he means the covenant, the word which God has commanded to a thousand generations. This is firm, as true as truth itself. For, 1. God has founded it so; he has framed it for a perpetuity. Such is the constitution of it, and so well ordered is it in all things, that it cannot but be sure. The promises are founded for ever, so… Read the whole commentary →