Psalms 119:142
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 19:9
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Read in contextJohn 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Read in contextPsalms 119:151
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Read in contextPsalms 119:144
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Read in contextPsalms 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Read in contextEphesians 4:21
If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
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