Psalms 119:140
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
In Context
139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
141I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
Proverbs 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Romans 7:16But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with 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 →