Psalm 119:155
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Key Terms in This Verse
חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Study H3444 →רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →Cross References
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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