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Psalms 119:137
137Righteous are You, Adonai, and Your judgments are upright.
Psalms 119:137 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
- New International Version (NIV)You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Righteous are You, O Lord, And upright are Your judgments.
Context of Psalms 119:137
135Make Your face shine on Your servant, and teach me Your decrees. 136Streams of water run down from my eyes, because they do not observe Your Torah. Righteous are You, Adonai, and Your judgments are upright. 138You have commanded righteousness, Your testimonies, and great faithfulness. 139My zeal has consumed me, because my foes forgot Your words.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:137 word by word
צַדִּ֣יק אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝יָשָׁ֗ר מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:137
- Psalms 99:4The might of a king loves justice. You have established fairness. You executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalms 103:6Adonai executes justice— judgments for all who are oppressed.
- Psalms 145:17Adonai is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock—blameless is His work. Indeed, all His ways are just. God of faithfulness without iniquity, righteous and upright is He.
- Ezra 9:15Adonai, God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left this day as a remnant. Behold, here we are before You in our guilt; because of it no one can stand before You.”
- Nehemiah 9:33You are righteous in all that has come upon us. For You have acted faithfully while we have done wickedly.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
- Daniel 9:7“‘You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries where you have banished them—because they behaved unfaithfully toward you.
- Romans 2:5But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous to inflict wrath, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.)
- Romans 9:14What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be!
- Revelation 15:3And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are Your deeds, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Revelation 16:7Then I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot , true and righteous are Your judgments!”
- Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. For He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her whoring, and has avenged the blood of His servants caused by her hand.”
Commentaries on Psalms 119:137
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 137Righteous art thou, O Lord - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Tsaddiy (צ ts ) - corresponding with “ts.” The thought in this verse is, that God is right, or righteous, in his judgments, that is, in his law; or, in other words, that his law is founded on principles of equity.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. 137-139137-139. God's justice and faithfulness in His government aggravate the neglect of the wicked, and more excite the lively zeal of His people.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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