Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
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 delight.
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 119:144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:160The sum of thy word is truth; 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 unto all generations.
John 17:17Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
2 Thessalonians 1:6if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict 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 →