Psalms 119:137
[ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh,—and, equitable, are thy regulations.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
In Context
136Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
138Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O Yahweh, God of Israel, righteous thou art, for we have had left us a deliverance as at this day,—here we are, before thee, in our guilty deeds, for there is no standing before thee, because of this thing!
Psalms 99:4Yea, with the strength of a king—justice, he loveth,—Thou, hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob, thou, hast wrought.
Psalms 145:17Righteous is Yahweh in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
Daniel 9:7To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day,—to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee.
Romans 2:5But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,—
Romans 9:14What, then, shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Far be it!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:137
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Here we have David in sorrow. 1. It is a great sorrow, to such a degree that he weeps rivers of tears. Commonly, where there is a gracious heart, there is a weeping eye, in conformity to Christ, who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. David had prayed for comfort in God's favour ( v. 135 ), now he pleads that he was qualified for that comfort, and had need of it, for he was one of those that mourned in Zion, and those that do so… Read the whole commentary →