Psalms 119:140
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
- KJV
- Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- WEB
- Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
- ASV
- Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
- DARBY
- Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.
- BLB
- Your word [is] exceedingly pure, and Your servant has loved it.
- ÅB
- Ditt ord er vel renset, og din tjener elsker det.
- OTB
- Ditt ord er meget rent,
Derfor elsker din tjener det. - B1930
- Ditt ord er vel renset, og din tjener elsker det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 19:8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Read in contextProverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Read in contextPsalms 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Read in context2 Peter 1:21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Read in contextPsalms 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Read in contextRomans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Read in contextRomans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Read in context1 Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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