Psalms 119:140
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
In Context
139My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
141I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
Psalms 18:30As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Romans 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:140
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Here is, 1. The great contempt which wicked men put upon religion: My enemies have forgotten thy words. They have often heard them, but so little did they heed them that they soon forgot them, they willingly forgot them, not only through carelessness let them slip out of their minds, but contrived how to cast them behind their backs. This is at the bottom of all the wickedness of the wicked, and particularly of their malignity and enmity… Read the whole commentary →