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Psalms 119:156
156Your compassion, Lord, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
Psalms 119:156 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Lord, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations.
Context of Psalms 119:156
154Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise. 155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees. Your compassion, Lord, is great; preserve my life according to your laws. 157Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes. 158I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:156 word by word
רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבִּ֥ים׀ יְהוָ֑ה כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ חַיֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:156
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 86:5You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
- 1 Chronicles 21:13David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us— yes, the many good things he has done for Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses.
- Psalms 119:149Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
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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