Psalms 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Salvation	יְשׁוּעָ֑ה ye.shu.'Ah	H3444	something saved · noun, common feminine singular absolute
far	רָח֣וֹק ra.Chok	H7350	remote · adjective, masculine singular absolute
wicked	מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים me.re.sha.'Im	H7563	morally wrong · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
seek	דָרָֽשׁוּ da.Ra.shu	H1875	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
statutes	חֻ֝קֶּיךָ Chu.kei.cha	H2706	an enactment · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Ephesians 2:17-18 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Psalms 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Isaiah 46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:155

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…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked,.... Christ, the author of salvation, is far from them: he was far from the unbelieving Jews, even though salvation was of them, and he, the Saviour, was among them; and he is far from all unconverted persons, as to knowledge of him, faith in him, or love to him; and from all those that seek for salvation elsewhere, let them make ever such pretences to religion: the word of salvation is far from them, as Kimchi; the Gospel of salvation, which they put away from them, as the Jews did in the times of Christ and the apostles; an experimental knowledge of salvation, a sense of need of it, and an application of it, are far from them; and the enjoyment of it in hea…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

Psalm 119:153-160 153. r Behold my affliction, and rescue me: for I have not forgotten thy law. 154. r Debate my cause, and redeem me: quicken thy according to thy word. 155. r Safety is far from the wicked; because they have not sought thy statutes. 156. r O Jehovah! Thy tender mercies are many: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157. r My persecutors and oppressors are many: [27] I have not swerved from thy testimonies. 158. r I saw the perfidious, and chid them; because they have not kept thy word. 159. r Behold O Jehovah! how have loved thy commandments: quicken me according to thy loving kindness. 160. r The beginning [literally, the head [28] ] of thy word is truth; and all the ju…

The Church Fathers

"Health," he says, "is far from the ungodly: for they regard not Your righteousnesses" [Psalm 119:155]. This separates you, that what they have not done, you have done, that is, you have regarded the righteousnesses of God. But "what have you that you have not received?" [1 Corinthians 4:7] Are you not he who a little before said, "I will keep Your righteousnesses"? Thou therefore hast received from Him, unto whom you called, the power to keep them. He therefore does Himself separate you from those from whom health is far, because they have not regarded the righteousnesses of God.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Salvation · Is far off from the wicked — Is far off from the wicked

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:155

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:155

John Gill on Psalms 119:155

John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:155

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:155

John Gill on Psalms 119:155

John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:153-160

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:153-160