Psalms 119:140
Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
In Context
139My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
141I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of the Lord are words that are pure, silver smelted, seven times refined.
Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is pure. He is shield to all who take refuge in him.
Psalms 119:47Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
Romans 7:16But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.
1 Peter 2:2like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow until you attain salvation –
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 →