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Psalms 119:126
126It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Lord, it is time for you to act, for these evil people have violated your instructions.
Context of Psalms 119:126
124Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees. 125I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken. 127Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold, 128and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
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 9:19Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
- Psalms 102:13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
- Genesis 22:10Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
- Deuteronomy 32:36The Lord will vindicate his people and relent concerning his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
- Isaiah 42:14“For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.
- Jeremiah 18:23But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
- Malachi 3:17“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
- Jeremiah 8:8“ ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
- Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
- Malachi 2:8But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord Almighty.
- Matthew 15:6they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
- Romans 4:14For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,
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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