Psalm 119:156

156 Your mercies [are] great, O Yahweh; preserve my life according to your ordinances.

Psalm 119:156 Meaning and Commentary

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 ^F6, 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 Psalms 119:149).

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Mybr) "multae", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Michaelis.

Psalm 119:156 In-Context

154 Plead my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your word.

155 Salvation [is] far from [the] wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

156 Your mercies [are] great, O Yahweh; preserve my life according to your ordinances.

157 My persecutors and enemies [are] many, [yet] I do not turn aside from your testimonies.

158 I see [the] treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word.