Psalms 119:140
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
King James Version
In Context
139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Romans 7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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 →