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Psalms 119:156

Mercy and compassionNew life and rebirthGod's word

154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

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

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

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

158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

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BSB
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
KJV
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
WEB
Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
ASV
Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
DARBY
Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
BLB
Your mercies [are] great, O YHWH; according to Your ordinances, revive me!
ÅB
Din miskunnhet er stor, Herre; hold meg i live etter dine dommer!
OTB
Stor er din nåde, Herre;
Gi meg liv etter dine dommer.
B1930
Din miskunnhet er stor, Herre; hold mig i live efter dine dommer!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Psalms 86:15

    But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

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  • Psalms 86:13

    For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 86:5

    For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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  • 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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