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Psalms 119:142

119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

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Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.

119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. taken: Heb. found me

What does Psalms 119:142 mean?

Psalms 119:142 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צְדָקָה (tsᵉdâqâh), עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm), צֶדֶק (tsedeq).

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Thy
righteousnessצְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
is
an
everlastingעוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
righteousness,צֶדֶקtsedeq/tseh'-dek/H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
and
thy
lawתּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
is
the
truth.אֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/H571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:142.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. mercy: or, bounty

Psalms 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

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What does Psalms 119:142 say?

Psalms 119:142 (King James Version) reads: "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth."

Is Psalms 119:142 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:142 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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