Psalms 119:142
Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
In Context
141I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.
143Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9\19:8\The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.
Psalms 119:160Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.
Isaiah 51:8For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
John 17:17Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
2 Thessalonians 1:6For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:142
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. Here is, 1. David pious and yet poor. He was a man after God's own heart, one whom the King of kings did delight to honour, and yet small and despised in his own account and in the account of many others. Men's excellency cannot always secure them from contempt; nay, it often exposes them to the scorn of others and always makes them low in their own eyes. God has chosen the foolish things of the world, and it has been the common lot of his people to be… Read the whole commentary →