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Psalms 119:140
140Your word is thoroughly refined, and Your servant loves it.
Psalms 119:140 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- New International Version (NIV)Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it.
Context of Psalms 119:140
138You have commanded righteousness, Your testimonies, and great faithfulness. 139My zeal has consumed me, because my foes forgot Your words. Your word is thoroughly refined, and Your servant loves it. 141I am insignificant and despised, yet I have not forgotten Your precepts. 142Your justice is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:140 word by word
צְרוּפָ֖ה אִמְרָתְךָ֥ מְאֹ֗ד וְֽעַבְדְּךָ֥ אֲהֵבָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:140
- Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteem all Your precepts as right in every way —every false way I hate.
- Psalms 12:6“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, now will I arise,” says Adonai. “I will put him in the safe place— he pants for it.”
- Psalms 18:30For with You I rush on a troop, with my God I scale a wall.
- Psalms 19:8The Torah of Adonai is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of Adonai is trustworthy, making the simple wise.
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is purified. He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
- Romans 7:12So then, the Torah is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
- 1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow toward salvation—
- 2 Peter 1:21For no prophecy was ever brought forth by human will; rather, people spoke from God as they were moved by the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:140
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 140Thy word is very pure - Margin, “tried or refined.” See the word explained in the notes at Psalm 18:30. Therefore thy servant loveth it - Therefore I love it. I love it because it is pure, holy, true; not merely because it will save me. Apart from all reference to myself. I love thy truth as truth; I love purity as purity; I love law as law; I love holiness as holiness. This is true religion.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. 140140. very pure--literally, "refined," shown pure by trial.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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