English Standard Version
Psalms 119:155
155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Psalms 119:155 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The wicked are far from rescue, for they do not bother with your decrees.
Context of Psalms 119:155
153Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law. 154Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise! Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. 156Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules. 157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:155 word by word
רָח֣וֹק מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים יְשׁוּעָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֻ֝קֶּיךָ לֹ֣א דָרָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:155
- Psalms 18:27For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
- Job 5:4His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
- Isaiah 46:12"Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
- Isaiah 57:19creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him.
- Ephesians 2:17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
- Psalms 10:4In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
- Job 21:14They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Luke 16:24And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
- Romans 3:11no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:155
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 155Salvation is far from the wicked - That is, (a) in their present course: they are very far from being safe, or from having a prospect of salvation; (b) they are constantly going farther and farther off - making their salvation less probable - not going toward heaven, but from it. (c) Destruction is very near to them, and they are constantly making it nearer and nearer. (d) In their present course it may be said that salvation is far - is infinitely remote…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 153-160Verses 153-160 The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 153-160Resh (ר): This request for life appears throughout Psalm 119, but it is focused in this stanza.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 153-155153-155. Though the remembering of God's law is not meritorious, yet it evinces a filial temper and provides the pious with promises to plead, while the wicked in neglecting His law, reject God and despise His promises (compare Psa 9:13; 43:1; 69:18).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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