Psalms 119:156
Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
In Context
155Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
157Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad—I am in a great strait,—let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for, manifold, are, his compassions, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall.
Psalms 51:1Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions;
Psalms 86:13For, thy lovingkindness, is great towards me, And thou hast rescued my soul from Hades beneath.
Psalms 119:25[DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
Isaiah 63:7The lovingkindness of Yahweh, will I recall the praises of Yahweh, According to all that Yahweh hath bestowed upon us,—Even the abundance of goodness to the house of Israel, Which he bestowed upon them—According to his compassions and According to the abundance of his lovingkindness.
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 →