Psalms 119:126
It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
In Context
125I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
127Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Cross References
Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
1 Kings 19:10And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down yours altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Psalms 102:13You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, has come.
Isaiah 42:14I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment does never go forth: for the wicked does compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.
Matthew 15:6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have all of you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:125-126
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. Here is, 1. David's petition for divine instruction: " Teach me thy statutes; give me to know all my duty; when I am in doubt, and know not for certain what is my duty, direct me, and make it plain to me; now that I am afflicted, oppressed, and my eyes are ready to fail for thy salvation, let me know what my duty is in this condition." In difficult times we… Read the whole commentary →