IiNdumiso 119:142

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

142 Ubulungisa bakho bubulungisa obungunaphakade, Umyalelo wakho uyinyaniso.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thy righteousness: Men, as Bp. Horne observes, may decree wickedness by a law; or they may change their decrees, and with them what is right to-day may be wrong to-morrow; but the law of God is righteousness, and it is truth, to-day and forever.

an everlasting: Psalms 119:144, Psalms 36:6, Isaiah 51:6, Isaiah 51:8, Daniel 9:24, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

and thy: Psalms 119:151, Psalms 19:9, John 17:17, Ephesians 4:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 26:3 - and Psalms 111:3 - righteousness Psalms 119:86 - All thy Psalms 119:160 - and every one Psalms 119:172 - for all thy Daniel 8:12 - and it cast Romans 3:25 - to declare Revelation 14:6 - everlasting

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness,.... Or, "is for ever" z. The rectitude of his nature, his faithfulness in his promises, and his kindness and beneficence to his people; and particularly the righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel; the righteousness of his Son, which he approves and accepts of, and imputes to him that believes. This is a righteousness that will last for ever, will never be abolished; it will answer for them that have it in a time to come; it is of use throughout the whole of life, at death, in the day of judgment, and to all eternity; see Daniel 9:24;

and thy law [is] the truth; or "thy doctrine"; or "thy word", as the Arabic version. The Scriptures are called the Scriptures of truth,

Daniel 10:21 they come from the God of truth, and all that is contained in them is truth; the legal part of them is truth, and so is the Gospel; that is called the word of truth, and truth itself: it is concerning Christ, who is the truth; and it is directed into and made effectual by the Spirit of truth, and contains in it many excellent truths; and is therefore deservedly valued and esteemed by all good men; see

John 17:17.

z לועלם "in seculum", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus; "in aeternum", V. L. Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness - It never changes. The principles of thy law, of thy government, and of thy method of saving people, are the same under all dispensations, in every land, in all worlds; and they will remain the same forever. Human governments change. Old dynasties pass away. New laws are enacted under new administrations. Customs change. Opinions change. People change. The world changes. But as God himself never changes, so it is with his law. That law is founded on eternal truth, and can never change.

And thy law is the truth - It is founded on “truth;” on the reality of things. It is so essentially founded on truth, it springs so certainly out of truth, or out of the reality of things, that it may be said to be the truth itself. He who understands the law of God understands what truth is, for it is the expression and the exponent of that which is true.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness — The word צדק tsedek is a word of very extensive meaning in the Bible. It signifies, not only God's inherent righteousness and perfection of nature, but also his method of treating others; his plan of redemption; his method of saving others. And the word δικαιοσυνη, which answers to it, in the Septuagint and in the New Testament, is used with the same latitude of meaning, and in the same sense; particularly in that remarkable passage, Romans 3:25-26, where see the notes. Thy merciful method of dealing with sinners and justifying the ungodly will last as long as the earth lasts; and thy law that witnesses this, in all its pages, is the truth.