GOD AND HIS WORD ARE RIGHTEOUS AND ETERNAL

Passage: Psalms 119:137-160

Key verse: 137

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צ Tsadhe

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.

ק Qoph

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 Resh

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)

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ESV

Tsadhe

137 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    and right are your rules.
138 You have appointed your testimonies in (B)righteousness
    and in all (C)faithfulness.
139 My (D)zeal consumes me,
    because my foes forget your words.
140 Your promise is well (E)tried,
    and your servant (F)loves it.
141 I am small and despised,
    yet I do not (G)forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is righteous forever,
    and your law is (H)true.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me out,
    but your commandments are my (I)delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever;
    (J)give me understanding that I may (K)live.

Qoph

145 With my (L)whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
    I will (M)keep your statutes.
146 I call to you; save me,
    that I may observe your testimonies.
147 I rise before (N)dawn and cry for help;
    I (O)hope in your words.
148 My eyes are awake before (P)the watches of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promise.
149 Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
    O Lord, (Q)according to your justice (R)give me life.
150 They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
    they are far from your law.
151 But (S)you are near, O Lord,
    and all your commandments are (T)true.
152 Long have I known from your testimonies
    that you have (U)founded them forever.

Resh

153 Look on my (V)affliction and deliver me,
    for (W)I do not forget your law.
154 (X)Plead my cause and redeem me;
    (Y)give me life according to your promise!
155 (Z)Salvation is far from the wicked,
    (AA)for they do not seek your statutes.
156 (AB)Great is your mercy, O Lord;
    (AC)give me life according to your rules.
157 (AD)Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
    but I do not (AE)swerve from your testimonies.
158 I look at (AF)the faithless with (AG)disgust,
    because they do not keep your commands.
159 Consider how I (AH)love your precepts!
    (AI)Give me life according to your steadfast love.
160 (AJ)The sum of your word is (AK)truth,
    and every one of your (AL)righteous rules endures forever.

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(137-144) God, just like his word, is righteous, faithful, trustworthy, everlasting, and true. Right or righteous is repeated 5 times here (also in 16

). God’s enemies ignored him and his word, but he found delight in both God and his word.

(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).

(153-16

) 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 (16

).

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