New English Translation
Psalms 119:155
155The wicked have no chance for deliverance, 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.
- 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
153See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law. 154Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word! The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes. 156Your compassion is great, O Lord. Revive me, as you typically do! 157The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
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 deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.
- Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.
- Isaiah 46:12Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.
- Isaiah 57:19I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.
- Ephesians 2:17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
- Psalms 10:4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”
- Job 21:14So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
- Proverbs 1:7Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Luke 16:24So he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’
- Romans 3:11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks 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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