Psalms 119:138
◄Your requirements/All the things that you have instructed us to do► are true and are all very right and fair.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
In Context
137Yahweh, you are righteous and ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► are just/fair.
139I am ◄furious/very angry► because my enemies disregard ◄your words/what you have told us to do►.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:8And there is no [RHQ] other nation, even if it is a great nation, that has laws that are as just/fair as the laws that I am telling to you today.
Psalms 19:7The instructions that Yahweh has given us are perfect; they ◄revive us/give us new strength►. We can be sure that the things that Yahweh has told us will never change, and by learning them people who have not been previously taught/instructed will become wise.
Psalms 119:144◄Your requirements are/All the things that you have instructed us to do are► always fair; help me to understand them in order that I may continue to live.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:138-139
18. TZADDI. 137 Righteous art thou, O Lord , and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. Here is, 1. The righteousness of God, the infinite rectitude and perfection of his nature. As he is what he is, so he is what he should be, and in every thing acts as becomes him; there is nothing wanting, nothing amiss, in God; his will is the eternal rule of equity, and he is righteous, for he does all according to it. 2. The righteousness of his government. He… Read the whole commentary →