Psalms 119:137
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
In Context
136My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
138The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
Cross References
Psalms 99:4You are a king who loves justice, equity you have established: justice and right you have wrought for Jacob.
Psalms 145:17The Lord is righteous in all his ways, gracious is he in all that he does.
Romans 2:5Hard-hearted and impenitent as you are, you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, when God’s justice as a judge will be revealed;
Romans 9:14What are we to say, then? Is God guilty of injustice? Heaven forbid!
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 →