God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:156
156Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord. Give me a new life guided by your regulations.
Psalms 119:156 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
- New International Version (NIV)Your compassion, Lord, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments.
Context of Psalms 119:156
154Plead my case ⌞for me⌟, and save me. Give me a new life as you promised. 155Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws. Your 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. 158I have seen traitors, and I am filled with disgust. They have not accepted your promise.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:156 word by word
רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבִּ֥ים׀ יְהוָ֑ה כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:156
- Psalms 51:1Have pity on me, O God, in keeping with your mercy. In keeping with your unlimited compassion, wipe out my rebellious acts.
- Psalms 86:5You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you.
- 1 Chronicles 21:13“I’m in a desperate situation,” David told Gad. “Please let me fall into the Lord’s hands because he is extremely merciful. But don’t let me fall into human hands.”
- Isaiah 55:7Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.
- Isaiah 63:7I will acknowledge the Lord’s acts of mercy, and ⌞sing⌟ the praises of the Lord, because of everything that the Lord has done for us. He has done many good things for the nation of Israel because of his compassion and his unlimited mercy.
- Psalms 119:149In keeping with your mercy, hear my voice. O Lord, give me a new life guided by your regulations.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:156
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 156Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord - They are many, or multiplied. The word rendered “tender mercies” is the same which occurs in Psalm 40:11; Psalm 51:1; Psalm 69:16; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 103:4. See the notes at Psalm 25:6. Quicken me - See Psalm 119:149.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. 156156. (See on Psa 119:149).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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