KJV King James Version
Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
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Psalm 119:138
Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
WEB World English Bible
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
137 TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
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Cross-references
Psalm 19:7-9The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.Psalm 119:144The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.Psalm 119:86All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?Deuteronomy 4:45These [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
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