Psalm 119:142
ESV
Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
NIV
Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
NASB
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your Law is truth.
CSB
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your instruction is true.
NLT
Your justice is eternal, and your instructions are perfectly true.
KJV
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
NKJV
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.
What does Psalm 119:142 mean?
Please see our chapter commentary on Psalm 119; verse-level content coming soon!Psalm 119:137–144 begins each verse with the Hebrew letter tsadhe. The psalmist places total faith in God's Word as perfect and worthy of obedience. Disobedience to those commands creates an intense response in the writer's heart. God's righteousness is especially emphasized; the writer proclaims that the Lord's instructions are good. The psalmist loves the promises of God and asks for guidance to better understand them. Psalm 19:7–9 expresses related ideas.
This song is composed of twenty-two stanzas, each corresponding to a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Each line in the stanza is an individual verse and each begins with the corresponding letter. The psalmist emphasizes study of God's Word in a variety of circumstances, including persecution, sadness, and rescue. Benefits of taking in the Word include a moral life, joy, wisdom, hope, peace, strength, and freedom. Those who interact with the Word of the Lord should respond with delight, careful study, and obedience.
