Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
In Context
141Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
143Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9The fear of Jehovah [is] clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah [are] true, They have been righteous — together.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Psalms 119:160The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
Isaiah 51:8For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.
John 17:17sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;
2 Thessalonians 1:6since [it is] a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you — trouble,
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 →