GOD AND HIS WORD ARE RIGHTEOUS AND ETERNAL
Passage: Psalm 119:137~160  
Key verse: 137
צ Tsadhe137 You are righteous,(A) Lord,
and your laws are right.(B)
138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous;(C)
they are fully trustworthy.(D)
139 My zeal wears me out,(E)
for my enemies ignore your words.
140 Your promises(F) have been thoroughly tested,(G)
and your servant loves them.(H)
141 Though I am lowly and despised,(I)
I do not forget your precepts.(J)
142 Your righteousness is everlasting
and your law is true.(K)
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me,
but your commands give me delight.(L)
144 Your statutes are always righteous;
give me understanding(M) that I may live.
ק Qoph145 I call with all my heart;(N) answer me, Lord,
and I will obey your decrees.(O)
146 I call out to you; save me(P)
and I will keep your statutes.
147 I rise before dawn(Q) and cry for help;
I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,(R)
that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice(S) in accordance with your love;(T)
preserve my life,(U) Lord, according to your laws.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes(V) are near,
but they are far from your law.
151 Yet you are near,(W) Lord,
and all your commands are true.(X)
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(Y)
that you established them to last forever.(Z)
ר Resh153 Look on my suffering(AA) and deliver me,(AB)
for I have not forgotten(AC) your law.
154 Defend my cause(AD) and redeem me;(AE)
preserve my life(AF) according to your promise.(AG)
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek out(AH) your decrees.
156 Your compassion, Lord, is great;(AI)
preserve my life(AJ) according to your laws.(AK)
157 Many are the foes who persecute me,(AL)
but I have not turned(AM) from your statutes.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing,(AN)
for they do not obey your word.(AO)
159 See how I love your precepts;
preserve my life,(AP) Lord, in accordance with your love.
160 All your words are true;
all your righteous laws are eternal.(AQ)
137 You are righteous,(A) Lord,
and your laws are right.(B)
138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous;(C)
they are fully trustworthy.(D)
139 My zeal wears me out,(E)
for my enemies ignore your words.
140 Your promises(F) have been thoroughly tested,(G)
and your servant loves them.(H)
141 Though I am lowly and despised,(I)
I do not forget your precepts.(J)
142 Your righteousness is everlasting
and your law is true.(K)
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me,
but your commands give me delight.(L)
144 Your statutes are always righteous;
give me understanding(M) that I may live.
145 I call with all my heart;(N) answer me, Lord,
and I will obey your decrees.(O)
146 I call out to you; save me(P)
and I will keep your statutes.
147 I rise before dawn(Q) and cry for help;
I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,(R)
that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice(S) in accordance with your love;(T)
preserve my life,(U) Lord, according to your laws.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes(V) are near,
but they are far from your law.
151 Yet you are near,(W) Lord,
and all your commands are true.(X)
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(Y)
that you established them to last forever.(Z)
ר Resh153 Look on my suffering(AA) and deliver me,(AB)
for I have not forgotten(AC) your law.
154 Defend my cause(AD) and redeem me;(AE)
preserve my life(AF) according to your promise.(AG)
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek out(AH) your decrees.
156 Your compassion, Lord, is great;(AI)
preserve my life(AJ) according to your laws.(AK)
157 Many are the foes who persecute me,(AL)
but I have not turned(AM) from your statutes.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing,(AN)
for they do not obey your word.(AO)
159 See how I love your precepts;
preserve my life,(AP) Lord, in accordance with your love.
160 All your words are true;
all your righteous laws are eternal.(AQ)
153 Look on my suffering(AA) and deliver me,(AB)
for I have not forgotten(AC) your law.
154 Defend my cause(AD) and redeem me;(AE)
preserve my life(AF) according to your promise.(AG)
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek out(AH) your decrees.
156 Your compassion, Lord, is great;(AI)
preserve my life(AJ) according to your laws.(AK)
157 Many are the foes who persecute me,(AL)
but I have not turned(AM) from your statutes.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing,(AN)
for they do not obey your word.(AO)
159 See how I love your precepts;
preserve my life,(AP) Lord, in accordance with your love.
160 All your words are true;
all your righteous laws are eternal.(AQ)
Cross references
- Psalm 119:137 : S Ex 9:27; S Ezr 9:15
- Psalm 119:137 : S Ne 9:13
- Psalm 119:138 : S ver 75; S Ps 19:7
- Psalm 119:138 : ver 86
- Psalm 119:139 : Ps 69:9; Jn 2:17
- Psalm 119:140 : S Jos 23:14
- Psalm 119:140 : Ps 12:6
- Psalm 119:140 : ver 47
- Psalm 119:141 : S Ps 22:6
- Psalm 119:141 : ver 61, 134
- Psalm 119:142 : ver 151, 160; Ps 19:7
- Psalm 119:143 : ver 24,S 47
- Psalm 119:144 : S ver 34
- Psalm 119:145 : ver 10
- Psalm 119:145 : ver 22, 55
- Psalm 119:146 : S ver 94
- Psalm 119:147 : Ps 5:3; 57:8; 108:2
- Psalm 119:148 : S Ps 63:6
- Psalm 119:149 : S Ps 27:7
- Psalm 119:149 : ver 124
- Psalm 119:149 : S ver 40
- Psalm 119:150 : S Ps 37:7
- Psalm 119:151 : S Ps 34:18; Php 4:5
- Psalm 119:151 : S ver 142
- Psalm 119:152 : ver 7, 73
- Psalm 119:152 : S ver 89; S Ps 111:8; Lk 21:33
- Psalm 119:153 : S Ps 13:3
- Psalm 119:153 : S Ps 3:7
- Psalm 119:153 : S Ps 44:17
- Psalm 119:154 : Ps 35:1; Jer 50:34; Mic 7:9
- Psalm 119:154 : S 1Sa 24:15
- Psalm 119:154 : ver 25
- Psalm 119:154 : S ver 41
- Psalm 119:155 : ver 94, 118
- Psalm 119:156 : S Ne 9:27; Jas 5:11
- Psalm 119:156 : ver 25
- Psalm 119:156 : ver 149
- Psalm 119:157 : S Ps 7:1
- Psalm 119:157 : S Ps 44:18
- Psalm 119:158 : ver 104; S Ex 32:19
- Psalm 119:158 : S ver 136
- Psalm 119:159 : ver 25; S Ps 41:2
- Psalm 119:160 : S ver 89; S Ps 111:8
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(145-152) The psalmist calls and cries out to the LORD in the early dawn and in the watches of the night. He cries for help to be saved from wicked schemers who are nearby. But the LORD is also near (151). God’s covenant love (149) and his statutes (also known as testified will) are eternal (152).
(153-160) The psalmist prays: “Deliver me…defend my cause…redeem me…preserve my life.” Since the foes are faithless, they attack him and persecute him for his faith (158). In response, the psalmist calls upon the LORD’s great compassion and love (156,159). He trusts in God’s true, eternal word (160).
Prayer: LORD, you are righteous and faithful, and your promises are true and trustworthy. I cry out to you in my trouble and distress. Deliver me and redeem me for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
One Word: God is righteous and trustworthy