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Psalms 119:155
155Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
Context of Psalms 119:155
153Look at my misery, and rescue me, because I have never forgotten your teachings. 154Plead my case ⌞for me⌟, and save me. Give me a new life as you promised. Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws. 156Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord. Give me a new life guided by your regulations. 157I have many persecutors and opponents, ⌞yet⌟ I have not turned away from your written instructions.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:155 word by word
רָח֣וֹק מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים יְשׁוּעָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֻ֝קֶּיךָ לֹ֣א דָרָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:155
- Psalms 18:27You save humble people, but you bring down a conceited look.
- Job 5:4His children are far from help. They are crushed at the city gate, and no one is there to rescue them.
- Isaiah 46:12Listen to me, you stubborn people who are far from being righteous.
- Isaiah 57:19I’ll create praise on their lips: “Perfect peace to those both far and near.” “I’ll heal them,” says the Lord.
- Ephesians 2:17He came with the Good News of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near.
- Psalms 10:4He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.”
- Job 21:14But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone. We don’t want to know your ways.
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Stubborn fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Luke 16:24He yelled, ‘Father Abraham! Have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue. I am suffering in this fire.’
- Romans 3:11No one understands. No one searches 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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