American Standard Version
Psalms 119:126
126It is time for Jehovah to work;Forthey have made void thy law.
Psalms 119:126 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is time for You to act, O Lord, For they have regarded Your law as void.
Context of Psalms 119:126
124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes. 125I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies. It is time for Jehovah to work; Forthey have made void thy law. 127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold. 128Therefore I esteem allthyprecepts concerning allthingsto be right; AndI hate every false way. פ PE.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:126 word by word
עֵ֭ת לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה הֵ֝פֵ֗רוּ תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:126
- Psalms 9:19Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
- Psalms 102:13Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
- Genesis 22:10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
- Deuteronomy 32:36For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is noneremaining, shut up or left at large.
- Isaiah 42:14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
- Jeremiah 18:23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
- Malachi 3:17And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
- Jeremiah 8:8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.
- Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
- Malachi 2:8But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Matthew 15:6he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
- Romans 3:31Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
- Romans 4:14For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:
Commentaries on Psalms 119:126
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 126It is time for thee, Lord, to work - The time is fulfilled in which thou hast promised deliverance to thy people. They - the Babylonians, Have made void thy law - They have filled up the measure of their iniquities.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 126It is time for thee, Lord, to work - literally, “Time to do for Yahweh;” and the construction might be either that it is time to do (something) for Yahweh; or, that it is time for Yahweh himself to do (something). The direct address to the Lord in the latter part of the sentence would seem, however, to show that the latter is the true interpretation: to wit, that since people make void the law of God, it is time for him to work, that is, to interpose by…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 121-128Verses 121-128 Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the blessings of salvation to every true believer. The psalmist expects the word of God's righteousness, and no other salvation than what is secured by that word, which cannot fall to the ground. We deserve no favour form God; we are most easy when we cast ourselves upon God's mercy, and refer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 121-128Ayin (ע) is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The servant of the Lord struggles to endure the evil around him. He confidently asks the Lord to rescue him right away!Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 121-126121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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