Psalms 119:140
Thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loves it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
In Context
139My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten thy words.
141I am small and despised. I do not forget thy precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Romans 7:16But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:140
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Here is, 1. The great contempt which wicked men put upon religion: My enemies have forgotten thy words. They have often heard them, but so little did they heed them that they soon forgot them, they willingly forgot them, not only through carelessness let them slip out of their minds, but contrived how to cast them behind their backs. This is at the bottom of all the wickedness of the wicked, and particularly of their malignity and enmity… Read the whole commentary →