Psalms 119:140
Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
In Context
139Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
141Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
Cross References
Psalms 12:6Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
Psalms 18:30God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting in Him.
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Proverbs 30:5Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him.
Romans 7:16And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,
1 Peter 2:2as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye 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 →