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Psalms 119:151-153

You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

    Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

    Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

  • KJV King James Version

    Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

    Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

    Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all Thy commandments are truth.

    Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever.

    RESH. O see mine affliction, and rescue me; for I do not forget Thy law.

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Cross-references (29)

  • Psalms 145:18 (v151) Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
  • Psalms 119:142 (v151) Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
  • Luke 21:33 (v152) Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
  • Psalms 119:176 (v153) I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
  • Lamentations 5:1 (v153) Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
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  • Psalms 9:13 (v153) Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
  • Psalms 34:18 (v151) Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
  • Psalms 111:7-8 (v152) The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure. They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and…
  • Psalms 139:2 (v151) You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:14 (v152) I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men…
  • Deuteronomy 4:7 (v151) For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
  • Psalms 25:19 (v153) Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
  • Psalms 46:1 (v151) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Psalms 75:1 (v151) We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
  • Psalms 119:16 (v153) I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
  • Psalms 119:138 (v151) You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
  • Psalms 119:141 (v153) I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
  • Psalms 119:159 (v153) Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
  • Proverbs 3:1 (v153) My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
  • Matthew 1:23 (v151) “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;” which is, being interpreted,…
  • Exodus 3:7-8 (v153) Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I…
  • Nehemiah 9:32 (v153) Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem…
  • Psalms 13:3-4 (v153) Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death; lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;”…
  • Psalms 119:98 (v153) Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
  • Psalms 119:109 (v153) My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
  • Psalms 119:144 (v152) Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
  • Psalms 119:160 (v152) All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
  • Lamentations 2:20 (v153) “Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their…
  • Psalms 89:34-37 (v152) I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. His offspring…

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv151–153 151. Thou, O Jehovah! art near. He encourages himself…

151. Thou, O Jehovah! art near. He encourages himself from the consolatory consideration, that God, when he sees his own people sore pressed, comes forward, seasonably to afford them succor; even as Paul on this subject says,

“Be not over-careful, the Lord is at hand, let your moderation be known to all men ” (Philippians 4:5)

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The concluding sentence of the verse is to this effect, That God never forsakes nor disappoints his people in their necessity, because he is true to his promises; and in them he assures us, that the welfare of his people will always be the object of his care. That therefore we may be fully persuaded that the hand of God is always ready to repulse the assaults of our enemies, let us retain a settled belief of the truth, that he does not in vain promise in his word to be the guardian of our welfare.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v152 His faith is grounded upon God’s word, that he…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv151–153 Psa 119:151 Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv151–152 Thou art near to me. Thou art as ready…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On vv152–153 This confirms what he had said in the close…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv151–153 Salvation is far from the wicked,.... Christ, the author…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v152 Of old - By long experience. Founded - Thou…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv151–153 Verse 151. Thou art near] As they are near…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v151 Psa 119:151-152. Thou art near, O Lord — Namely,…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv151–153 Thou art near, O Lord - God was present…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v153 ר, Resh.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv152–153 152. Of old have I known from thy testimonies,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v152 (152) The more obvious rendering of this verse is,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv151–153 Thou art near, O Lord. If "they draw nigh,"…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain On vv151–153 Ver. 151. Thou art near, O Lord. Near as…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v151 Thou art near, O Lord.
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v153 Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer. —
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv151, 153 all your commandments are trustworthy
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v153 119:153-160 Resh (ר): This petition for life can be…
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