New English Translation
Psalms 119:126
126It is time for the Lord to act – they break your 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
124Show your servant your loyal love! Teach me your statutes! 125I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules. It is time for the Lord to act – they break your law! 127For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold. 128For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions. פ (Pe)
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:126 word by word
עֵ֭ת לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה הֵ֝פֵ֗רוּ תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:126
- Psalms 9:19Rise up, Lord! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
- Psalms 102:13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.
- Genesis 22:10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.
- Deuteronomy 32:36The Lord will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.
- Isaiah 42:14“I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp.
- Jeremiah 18:23But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!
- Malachi 3:17“They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
- Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.
- Habakkuk 1:4For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
- Malachi 2:8You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.
- Matthew 15:6he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
- Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
- Romans 4:14For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.
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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