Psalm 119:155 {118:155}
Good News Translation
The wicked will not be saved, for they do not obey your laws.

New Revised Standard Version
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

Contemporary English Version
Evil people won't obey you, and so they have no hope of being saved.

New American Bible
Salvation is far from sinners because they do not cherish your statutes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.

salvation

Psalm 18:27 For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.

Job 5:4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

Isaiah 46:12 Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.

Isaiah 57:19 I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.

Ephesians 2:17,18 And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh. . . .

for they

Psalm 10:4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

Job 21:14,15 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. . . .

Proverbs 1:7 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Luke 16:24 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 to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.

Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth: there is none that seeketh after God.

Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
154Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake. 155Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.156Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.…
Cross References
Job 5:4
His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

Psalm 73:27
For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.

Psalm 119:45
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.

Psalm 119:94
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.

Psalm 119:154
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