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Psalms 119:144
144The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:144 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
- New International Version (NIV)Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live.
Context of Psalms 119:144
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights. The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. 145KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes. 146I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
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צֶ֖דֶק עֵדְוֹתֶ֥יךָ לְעוֹלָ֗ם הֲבִינֵ֥נִי וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:144
- Psalms 119:138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.
- 1 Peter 1:23being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [is] true; and we are in him that [is] true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.
- Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
- Isaiah 27:11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come [and] set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.
- Jeremiah 4:22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and be made white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- Matthew 13:19From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.
- John 17:3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:144
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 144The righteousness of thy testimonies - The principles of righteousness on which they are founded. Those testimonies - those laws - are not arbitrary, or the mere expressions of will. They are founded on right and justice as seen by God, and his laws are his testimony as to what truth and justice are. Is everlasting - See the notes at Psalm 119:142. Give me understanding, and I shall live - Give me a right view of thy law, and thy truth, and I shall have…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 137-144Verses 137-144 God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's real excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are small and despised, we have the more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 137-144Tsadhe (צ) is the eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. God is righteous, and his word is right and just, especially in contrast to the deceptions of the wicked.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 142-144142-144. The principles of God's government are permanent and reliable, and in the deepest distress His people find them a theme of delightful meditation and a source of reviving power (Psa 119:17, 116). law is the truth--It therefore cannot deceive as to its promises. everlasting--(Psa 111:3), though to outward appearance seeming dead. KOPH. (Psa 119:145-152).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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