King James Version
Psalms 119:160
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.1
Psalms 119:160 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The very essence of your words is truth; all your just regulations will stand forever.
Context of Psalms 119:160
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 161Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
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רֹאשׁ־דְּבָרְךָ֥ אֱמֶ֑ת וּ֝לְעוֹלָ֗ם כָּל־מִשְׁפַּ֥ט צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:160
- Psalms 119:86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
- 2 Timothy 3:16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
- Psalms 119:75I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
- Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
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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- 1. Psalms 119:160 Thy word…: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true ↩
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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