Psalm 119:150 - Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet

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Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
…149Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice. 150Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law. 151You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.…

Cross References

Psalm 119:149
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.Psalm 119:151
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.Isaiah 46:12
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:Jeremiah 44:23
Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today."

Psalm 22:11-13,16
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help…

Psalm 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

1 Samuel 23:16
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

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Psalm 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Proverbs 1:7,22
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction…

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Psalm 119

1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw

(150, 151) Near.--Notice the antithesis. They, the wicked, are near with their temptation to sin and their hindrances to virtue. Thou art near with the aid and support of Thy law.

Verse 150. - They draw nigh; i.e. come near me to threaten me. That follow after mischief; or, "after wickedness." They are far from thy Law (comp. vers. 21, 53, 118, 126, 136, etc.). Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

Those who follow
רֹדְפֵ֣י (rō·ḏə·p̄ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

after wickedness
זִמָּ֑ה (zim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness

draw near;
קָ֭רְבוּ (qā·rə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

they are far
רָחָֽקוּ׃ (rā·ḥā·qū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

from Your law.
מִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ (mit·tō·w·rā·ṯə·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law

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