Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
In Context
141I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:160The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.
Isaiah 51:8For 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.
John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.
2 Thessalonians 1:6if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble 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 →