Psalms 119:155 · King James Version
Psalms 119:155 in the Original Hebrew
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Psalms 119:155 in Other Translations
| KJV | Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. |
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| WEB | Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. |
| ASV | Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes. |
| YLT | Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought. |
| WBT | Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. |
| DBY | Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes. |
Commentary on Psalms 119:155
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John Gill · Psalms 119:155
Consider how I love thy precepts,.... How ardently and affectionately, how cordially and sincerely, Psa 119:127; and that was the reason why he was so grieved and distressed when wicked men transgressed and despised them;
quicken me, O Lord, according to thy loving kindness; See Gill on Psa 119:88.
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Questions about Psalms 119:155
What does Psalms 119:155 say?
Psalms 119:155 in the King James Version reads: “Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.” Read it in the full context of Psalms 119, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Psalms 119:155 found in the Bible?
Psalms 119:155 is in the book of Psalms, chapter 119, verse 155, in the Old Testament.
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Here is, 1. The description of wicked men. They do not only do God's statutes, but they do not so much as seek them; they do not acquaint themselves with them, nor so much as desire to know their duty, nor in the least endeavour to do it. Those are wicked indeed who do not think the law of God worth enquiring after, but are altogether regardless of it, being resolved to live at large and to walk in the way of their heart. 2. Their doom: Salvation is far from them. They cannot upon any good grounds promise themselves temporal deliverance. Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. How can those expect to seek God's favour with success, when they are in adversity, who never sought his statutes when they were in prosperity? But eternal salvation is certainly far from them. They flatter themselves with a conceit that it is near, and that they are going to heaven; but they are mistaken: it is far from them. They thrust it from them by thrusting the Saviour from them; it is so far from them that they cannot reach it, and the longer they persist in sin the further it is; nay, while salvation is far from them, damnation is near; it slumbers not. Behold, the Judge stands before the door.