Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
In Context
141I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.
143Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9(19-10) The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, they are righteous altogether;
Psalms 119:144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:160The beginning of Thy word is truth; and all Thy righteous ordinance endureth for ever.
Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but My favour shall be for ever, and My salvation unto all generations.
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 →