Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live. New Living Translation Your laws are always right; help me to understand them so I may live. Qoph English Standard Version Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Berean Standard Bible Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. King James Bible The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. New King James Version The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live. New American Standard Bible Your testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live. NASB 1995 Your testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live. Qoph. NASB 1977 Thy testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live. Legacy Standard Bible Righteous are Your testimonies forever; Give me understanding that I may live. Amplified Bible Your righteous testimonies are everlasting; Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live. Christian Standard Bible Your decrees are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I will live. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your decrees are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I will live. American Standard Version Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. Contemporary English Version Your rules are always fair. Help me to understand them and live. English Revised Version Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your written instructions are always right. Help me understand [them] so that I will live. Good News Translation Your instructions are always just; give me understanding, and I shall live. International Standard Version Your righteous decrees are eternal; give me understanding, and I will live. Majority Standard Bible Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. NET Bible Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live. New Heart English Bible Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. Webster's Bible Translation The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. World English Bible Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe righteousness of Your testimonies "" [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live! Young's Literal Translation The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live! Smith's Literal Translation Justice is thy testimonies forever: cause me to understand and I shall live. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Your testimonies are forever righteous; give me understanding that I may live. New Revised Standard Version Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Your testimony is righteous to eternity; educate me and I shall live. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; Give me understanding, and I shall live. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…143Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight. 144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. 145I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.… Cross References Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding. Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 3:13-18 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, / for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. / She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. ... Proverbs 8:1-11 Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? / On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. / Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: ... Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David. Isaiah 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. Isaiah 42:21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious. Deuteronomy 4:1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Deuteronomy 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 7:24-25 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. Romans 10:17 Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Treasury of Scripture The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. righteousness Psalm 119:138,152 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful… Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 1 Peter 1:23-25 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever… give me Psalm 119:34,66,73,169 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart… 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 1 John 5:20,21 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life… understanding Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not… Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. Jump to Previous Cause Eternal Everlasting Forever Live Right Righteous Righteousness Statutes Testimonies Unchanging Understand Understanding Wisdom WordJump to Next Cause Eternal Everlasting Forever Live Right Righteous Righteousness Statutes Testimonies Unchanging Understand Understanding Wisdom WordPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw The righteousness of Your testimonies The word "righteousness" in Hebrew is "צֶדֶק" (tzedek), which conveys a sense of justice, rightness, and moral integrity. In the context of God's "testimonies," it refers to the divine laws and decrees that are inherently just and true. The psalmist acknowledges that God's laws are not arbitrary but are rooted in His perfect nature. Historically, the Israelites viewed the Law as a reflection of God's character, a guide for living in a covenant relationship with Him. The "testimonies" are God's revealed truths, which are reliable and trustworthy, providing a foundation for ethical and spiritual life. is everlasting give me understanding that I may live Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Your testimoniesעֵדְוֺתֶ֥יךָ (‘ê·ḏə·wō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5715: Testimony are righteous צֶ֖דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity forever. לְעוֹלָ֗ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always Give me understanding, הֲבִינֵ֥נִי (hă·ḇî·nê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand that I may live. וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃ (wə·’eḥ·yeh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive Links Psalm 119:144 NIVPsalm 119:144 NLT Psalm 119:144 ESV Psalm 119:144 NASB Psalm 119:144 KJV Psalm 119:144 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:144 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:144 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:144 French Bible Psalm 119:144 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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