Psalms 119:137
TZADE O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
In Context
136Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.
138You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
Psalms 99:4The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
Psalms 145:17The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
Daniel 9:7O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
Romans 2:5But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
Romans 9:14What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:137
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Here we have David in sorrow. 1. It is a great sorrow, to such a degree that he weeps rivers of tears. Commonly, where there is a gracious heart, there is a weeping eye, in conformity to Christ, who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. David had prayed for comfort in God's favour ( v. 135 ), now he pleads that he was qualified for that comfort, and had need of it, for he was one of those that mourned in Zion, and those that do so… Read the whole commentary →