Psalms 119 · Verse 156

Psalms 119:156

Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Psalms 119:156, King James Version

Psalms 119:156 in other translations

BSBGreat are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
WEBGreat are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
ASVGreat are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
YLTThy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
DARBYMany are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
BBEGreat is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.
WebsterGreat are thy tender mercies, O LORD: revive me according to thy judgments.

What does Psalms 119:156 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
156. (See on Psa 119:149).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 156 Great are thy tender mercies - They are רבים rabbim, multitudes. They extend to all the wretchednesses of all men.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:153-160

The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even…

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Psalms 119:156 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רַחֲמֶ֖יךָra.cha.Mei.khacompassion<s> yourH7356
רַבִּ֥ים\׀ra.Bim[are] greatH7227
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָke.mish.pa.Tei.khaaccording to judgments yourH4941
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive meH2421

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:156

  • 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

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath–sheba. 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 great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

  • 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 into the hand of man.

  • 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 fall into the hand of man.

  • 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 to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Great. Heb. Many. are thy.
51:1; 86:5,13,15; 1Ch 21:13; Isa 55:7; 63:7
quicken.
149

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:155

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

  • Psalms 119:156

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

  • Psalms 119:157

    Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

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Psalms 119:156 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Muchas son tus misericordias, oh Jehová: vivifícame conforme á tus juicios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tes compassions sont en grand nombre, ô Éternel! – fais-moi vivre selon tes ordonnances.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Deiner Erbarmungen sind viele, Jehova; belebe mich nach deinen Rechten!