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Псалми 119:150
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
draw nigh: Psalms 22:11-13, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 27:2, 1 Samuel 23:16, 2 Samuel 17:16, Matthew 26:46, Matthew 26:47, for from, Psalms 50:17, Job 21:14, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 28:9, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:14
Reciprocal: Isaiah 46:12 - that Jeremiah 44:23 - nor walked
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They draw nigh that follow after mischief,.... Or "evil" c; that which is sinful in itself, and injurious to others. Some cannot sleep unless they do mischief; they are bent upon it, and proceed from evil to evil: they are eager in their pursuit of it, as the huntsman after his sport, to which the allusion is; though it is to their ruin, even to their death, Proverbs 11:19; These the psalmist says "draw nigh"; not unto God, unless feignedly and with their mouths only; but to him they drew nigh, to David, in an hostile way they pursued after him, in order to take away his life, and they had very nearly overtaken him, and were just ready to seize him; his life drew nigh to those destroyers, and those destroyers drew nigh to that, so that he was in great danger; and the more as these were abandoned creatures, that neither feared God nor regarded man, as follows:
they are far from thy law; from the knowledge of it, of its equity and purity; and especially of its spirituality, and of its power and influence upon their minds; and so far from subjection and obedience to it; so far from it, that they treat it with the utmost contempt, cast it away from them and despise it, Romans 8:7.
c זמה "iniquitati", V. L. "scelus", Tigurine version; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They draw nigh - They follow me; they press hard upon me.
That follow after mischief - That seek to do me wrong.
They are far from thy law - They yield no obedience to it; they are not influenced by it in their conduct toward me.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 119:150. They draw nigh — They are just at hand who seek to destroy me.
They are far from thy law. — They are near to all evil, but far from thee.
