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Psalms 119:126

It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

KJV

It is time for Jehovah to work; Forthey have made void thy law.

ASV

עֵ֭ת לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹת לַ/יהוָ֑ה הֵ֝פֵ֗רוּ תּוֹרָתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

YLT

It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הָפֵ֣ר
hpr
verb · 50×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Jer 8:8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
  • Mal 2:8 — But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Mark 7:9 — And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
  • Matt 15:6 — And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
  • Matt 15:6 — And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
  • Num 15:31 — Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
  • Ps 9:19 — Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
  • Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
  • Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
  • Rom 4:14 — For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: