Psalms 119:155
Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
In Context
154Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
156Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
Cross References
Job 21:14And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
Psalms 18:27For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.
Isaiah 46:12Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
Isaiah 59:11We make a noise as bears — all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation — it hath been far from us.
Romans 3:11There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after 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 →