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Psalms 119:160
160I can trust that your message is true. All your righteous rules will continue for ever.
Psalms 119:160 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
Context of Psalms 119:160
158When I see people who have turned against you, they make me very upset. They do not obey your commands. 159See how I love your teaching, Lord! Please keep my life safe, because of your faithful love for your people. I can trust that your message is true. All your righteous rules will continue for ever. 161Rulers want to hurt me for no good reason. But it is your message that I respect with fear. 162Your teaching makes me very happy. I am like someone who has found great riches.
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רֹאשׁ־דְּבָרְךָ֥ אֱמֶ֑ת וּ֝לְעוֹלָ֗ם כָּל־מִשְׁפַּ֥ט צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:160
- Psalms 119:86I know that I can trust all your commands, but people still give me trouble with their lies. Quickly, help me!
- Proverbs 30:5Everything that God says is completely true. If you trust him, he will protect you like a soldier's shield.
- 2 Timothy 3:16Everything that is written in the Bible comes from God's Spirit. It helps us in many ways. The Bible teaches us what is true. It warns us when we are doing wrong things. It shows us what is right. It teaches us how to live good lives.
- Psalms 119:75Lord, I know that your rules are good and fair. When you sent trouble to me, it was because you truly loved me.
- Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything that God does continues for ever. Nobody can add anything to it. Nobody can take anything away from it. God does these things so that people will respect his authority.
- Matthew 5:18I tell you this: One day, even the earth and the sky will finish. But while they remain, God's Law will also remain. Nobody can remove even the smallest thing from it. The Law will remain until everything in it has happened.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:160
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 160Thy word is true from the beginning - literally, “The head of thy word is truth.” Probably the meaning is, that the “principles” of God‘s word were truth, or were based on truth. The main thing - that on which all relied - was truth, absolute truth. It was not “made” truth by the mere will of God, but it was “founded on” essential truth. Compare Psalm 119:142, note; Psalm 119:144, note. Margin, “The beginning of thy word is true.” Its origin is truth; its…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 153-160Verses 153-160 The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 153-160Resh (ר): This request for life appears throughout Psalm 119, but it is focused in this stanza.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 160160. God has been ever faithful, and the principles of His government will ever continue worthy of confidence. from the beginning--that is, "every word from Genesis (called so by the Jews from its first words, 'In the beginning') to the end of the Scriptures is true." Hengstenberg translates more literally, "The sum of thy words is truth." The sense is substantially the same. The whole body of revelation is truth. "Thy Word is nothing but truth" [Luther]…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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