Psalms 119:150 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 119:150

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

KJV

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ASV

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

WEB

Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

YLT

Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

DBT

They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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14 verses on the floor

Psalms 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Isaiah 46:12
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
Jeremiah 44:23
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
Psalms 22:11–13
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Though the wicked are near to injure, because far from God's law, He is near to help, and faithful to His word, which abides for ever.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 119:1501SA 23:16 ISA 35:3-4
PSA 119:1501SA 23:16 HEB 12:12-13
PSA 119:1501SA 23:16 JOB 4:3-4
PSA 119:1501SA 23:16 2TI 2:1
PSA 119:1501SA 23:16 EPH 6:10
PSA 119:150PRO 28:9 2TI 4:3-4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 119:150PRO 28:9 PSA 66:18
PSA 119:150PRO 28:9 ZEC 7:11-13

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