God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:142
142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your teachings are reliable.
Psalms 119:142 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
- New International Version (NIV)Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.
Context of Psalms 119:142
140Your promise has been thoroughly tested, and I love it. 141I am unimportant and despised, ⌞yet⌟ I never forget your guiding principles. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your teachings are reliable. 143Trouble and hardship have found me, but your commandments ⌞still⌟ make me happy. 144Your written instructions are always right. Help me understand ⌞them⌟ so that I will live.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:142 word by word
צִדְקָתְךָ֣ צֶ֣דֶק לְעוֹלָ֑ם וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ אֱמֶֽת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:142
- Psalms 119:144Your written instructions are always right. Help me understand ⌞them⌟ so that I will live.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, your judgments like the deep ocean. You save people and animals, O Lord.
- Isaiah 51:6Look at the sky. Look at the earth below. The sky will vanish like smoke. The earth will wear out like clothing, and those who live there will die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will never fail.
- Daniel 9:24“Seventy sets of seven time periods have been assigned for your people and your holy city. These time periods will serve to bring an end to rebellion, to stop sin, to forgive wrongs, to usher in everlasting righteousness, to put a seal on a prophet’s vision, and to anoint the Most Holy One.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6Certainly, it is right for God to give suffering to those who cause you to suffer.
- Psalms 119:151You are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are reliable.
- Psalms 19:9The fear of the Lord is pure. It endures forever. The decisions of the Lord are true. They are completely fair.
- John 17:17“Use the truth to make them holy. Your words are truth.
- Ephesians 4:21You have certainly heard his message and have been taught his ways. The truth is in Jesus.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:142
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness - It never changes. The principles of thy law, of thy government, and of thy method of saving people, are the same under all dispensations, in every land, in all worlds; and they will remain the same forever. Human governments change. Old dynasties pass away. New laws are enacted under new administrations. Customs change. Opinions change. People change. The world changes. But as God himself never changes…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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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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