Psalms 119:137
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, || And Your judgments [are] upright.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
In Context
136Streams of waters have come down my eyes, || Because they have not kept Your law!
138You have appointed Your testimonies, || Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O YHWH, God of Israel, You [are] righteous, for we have been left an escape, as [it is] this day; behold, we [are] before You in our guilt, for there is none to stand before You concerning this.”
Psalms 99:4And the strength of the king || Has loved judgment, || You have established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, || You have done.
Psalms 145:17YHWH [is] righteous in all His ways, || And kind in all His works.
Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, [is] the righteousness, and to us the shame of face, as [at] this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, in all the lands to where You have driven them, in their trespass that they have trespassed against You.
Romans 2:5But according to your hardness and impenitent heart, you treasure up wrath to yourself in [the] day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Romans 9:14What, then, will we say? Unrighteousness [is] with God? Let it not be!
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 →