Psalms 119:156

Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Great	רַבִּ֥ים ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
mercies	רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ ra.cha.Mei.kha	H7356	compassion (in the plural) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
quicken	חַיֵּֽנִי chai.Ye.ni	H2421	to live · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
judgments	כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ ke.mish.pa.Tei.kha	H4941	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalms 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Isaiah 63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the gr…
2 Samuel 24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall i…
1 Chronicles 21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not f…
Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:156

Here, 1. David admires God's grace: Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord! The goodness of God's nature, as it is his glory, so it is the joy of all the saints. His mercies are tender, for he is full of compassion; they are many, they are great, a fountain that can never be exhausted. He is rich in mercy to all that call upon him. David had spoken of the misery of the wicked (Psa 119:155); but God is good notwithstanding; there were tender mercies sufficient in God to have saved them, if they had not "despised the riches of those mercies." Those that are delivered from the sinner's doom are bound for ever to own the greatness of God's mercies which delivered them. 2. He begs for God's grace,…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:156

Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord,.... Not his providential mercies only, which are many and undeserved, and constantly repeated; but his special mercies in Christ, which flow from the tenderness of his heart; and his merciful lovingkindness to his people, and which are great or many (f), as to quantity; there being a multitude of them, not to be reckoned up: and for quality they are wonderful beyond expression and conception; proceed from unmerited love, rich, free, sovereign grace, and last for ever; quicken me according to that judgments; See Gill on Psalm 119:149. (f) "multae", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Michaelis.

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…

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The Church Fathers

This he saw himself also. For I should not see it, save I saw it in Him, save I were in Him. For these are the words of the Body of Christ, whose members we are. He saw this, I say, and at once added, "Great are Your mercies, O Lord" [Psalm 119:156]. Even our seeking out Your righteousnesses, then, comes of Your mercies. "Quicken me according to Your judgment." For I know that Your judgments will not be upon me without Your mercy.
— 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,…
Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL

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Psalms 119:156

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:156

John Gill on Psalms 119:156

John Calvin on Psalms 119:153-160

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:156

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:156

John Gill on Psalms 119:156

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