Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
King James Version
In Context
141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Isaiah 51:8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
2 Thessalonians 1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:142
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. Here is, 1. David pious and yet poor. He was a man after God's own heart, one whom the King of kings did delight to honour, and yet small and despised in his own account and in the account of many others. Men's excellency cannot always secure them from contempt; nay, it often exposes them to the scorn of others and always makes them low in their own eyes. God has chosen the foolish things of the world, and it has been the common lot of his people to be… Read the whole commentary →