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Psalm 119:151

You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.

149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
150They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
151You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
152Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
153Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
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Notice

Wicked people draw near in the preceding line, yet the speaker names another nearness: YHWH, whose commandments remain true amid the threat.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 34:18The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.Both passages declare that the LORD is near; Psalm 34 names those with a broken heart as recipients of that nearness.
Psalm 145:18The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.Both passages speak of the LORD's nearness and truth; Psalm 145 describes those who call on him in truth.
Psalm 119:142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.Both verses identify God's instruction as truth, using the words commandments and law.
Psalm 119:86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!Both verses affirm that all God's commandments are trustworthy, calling them truth in one and faithful in the other.
Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”The psalm declares God's nearness; Matthew gives the name Immanuel and its meaning, “God with us.”
Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as the LORD our God is whenever we call on him?Both passages name the LORD as near; Deuteronomy describes his nearness to his people whenever they call on him.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. fear for the future. injustice and anger.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 119:150–151 aloud before bed

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Encouragement

The speaker still asks for deliverance after declaring God's nearness. Trouble remains. Yet God is near, and all his commandments are truth.

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