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Psalms 119:156
156Great are Your mercies, Adonai. Restore my life with Your judgments.
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
154Defend my cause and redeem me. Restore my life through Your word. 155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek after Your decrees. Great are Your mercies, Adonai. Restore my life with Your judgments. 157Many are my persecutors and my foes. Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies. 158I see the treacherous and loathe them, because they do not keep Your word.
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 51:1For the music director: a psalm of David,
- Psalms 86:5For You, my Lord, are good, and ready to forgive and full of mercy to all who call upon You.
- 1 Chronicles 21:13David said to Gad, “I am in a great anguish! Let me fall into the hand of Adonai for His compassion is very great. But do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
- Isaiah 63:7I will remember the lovingkindnesses of Adonai, the praises of Adonai, according to all that Adonai has granted us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has granted them according to His compassion, and according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.
- Psalms 119:149Hear my voice with Your lovingkindness. Revive me, Adonai, with Your judgments.
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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