Psalms 119:155

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָח֣וֹק מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים יְשׁוּעָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֻ֝קֶּיךָ לֹ֣א דָרָֽשׁוּ׃

Transliteration

rāḥôq from rəšāʿîm yəšûʿāh because-ḥuqqêkā not ḏārāšû

Grammar Details

*rāḥôq*: adjective, masculine singular - far
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked ones
*yəšûʿāh*: feminine singular noun - salvation
*ḥuqqêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
*ḏārāšû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal - they sought

Word Meanings

*rāḥôq*: far/distant/remote
*rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil-doers/unrighteous
*yəšûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/rescue
*ḥuqqêkā*: your statutes/your decrees/your laws
*ḏārāšû*: they sought/they inquired after/they searched for

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 5:4 : 4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Ps 18:27 : 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Isa 46:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
Luke 16:24 : 24 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 in anguish in this flame.
Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
Eph 2:17-18 : 17 and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh: 18 for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

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