New English Translation
Psalms 119:142
142Your justice endures, and your law is 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 word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it! 141I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts. Your justice endures, and your law is reliable. 143Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands. 144Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live. ק (Qof)
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צִדְקָתְךָ֣ צֶ֣דֶק לְעוֹלָ֑ם וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ אֱמֶֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:142
- Psalms 119:144Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live. ק (Qof)
- Psalms 36:6Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.
- Isaiah 51:6Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
- Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- Psalms 119:151You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.
- Psalms 19:9The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.
- John 17:17Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.
- Ephesians 4:21if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as 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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