Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Plead my cause, and deliver me: revive me according to thy word.
156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: revive me according to thy judgments.
Cross References
Job 21:14Therefore they say to 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 to me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 59:11We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Romans 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh 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 →