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Psalms 119:142

JusticeTruth and honestyGod's wordEternal life

140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

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BSB
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
KJV
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
WEB
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
ASV
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
DARBY
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
BLB
Your righteousness [is] righteous forever, and Your law [is] truth.
ÅB
Din rettferdighet er en evig rettferdighet, og din lov er sannhet.
OTB
Din rettferdighet er evig rettferdig,
Og din lov er essensen av sannhet.
B1930
Din rettferdighet er en evig rettferdighet, og din lov er sannhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 19:9

    The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

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  • John 17:17

    Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

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  • Psalms 119:151

    You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.

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  • Isaiah 51:8

    For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

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  • Isaiah 51:6

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

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  • Psalms 119:144

    Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

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  • Psalms 36:6

    Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

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  • Ephesians 4:21

    Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

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