Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
In Context
141I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.
143Distress and trouble have overtaken me: [yet] are thy commandments my delights.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9(19:10) The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever: the ordinances of the Lord are the truth, they are just altogether.
Psalms 119:144Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live.
Psalms 119:160The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever.
Isaiah 51:8For like a garment shall the moth eat them up, and like wool shall the worm eat them; but my righteousness shall exist for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
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 →