Which other scriptures highlight God's righteousness and align with Psalm 119:137? Opening Verse Psalm 119:137: “Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.” What the Psalmist Celebrates God’s character is flawless. Every decision He makes is straight, fair, and perfectly aligned with His holy nature. The verses below echo and amplify that same theme across the rest of Scripture. Scriptures from the Law: Righteous Foundations • Deuteronomy 32:4 — “He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.” • Exodus 34:6-7 — “The LORD passed before Moses and proclaimed, ‘The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and truth… yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.’” • Leviticus 19:2 — “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: ‘Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.’” Wisdom Books: Songs of a Righteous King • Job 34:12 — “Indeed, God does no wrong; the Almighty cannot pervert justice.” • Psalm 11:7 — “For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.” • Psalm 145:17 — “The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.” • Proverbs 21:12 — “The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.” • Nehemiah 9:33 — “In all that has happened to us, You have been just; You have acted faithfully, while we have done wickedly.” Prophets: Righteousness on Display in Judgment and Mercy • Isaiah 45:21 — “Was it not I, the LORD? There is no God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.” • Jeremiah 9:24 — “‘Let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving devotion, justice, and righteousness on the earth—for in these I delight,’ declares the LORD.” • Daniel 9:14 — “Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works He has done.” Gospels: Righteousness Personified in Jesus • Matthew 5:17 — “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.” • John 17:25 — “Righteous Father, the world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me.” • Luke 23:47 — “Seeing what had happened, the centurion glorified God, saying, ‘Surely this Man was righteous.’” Epistles & Revelation: Righteousness Applied and Celebrated • Romans 3:25-26 — “God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness… so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.” • 2 Corinthians 5:21 — “God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” • 1 John 1:9 — “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” • Revelation 19:2 — “His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality.” Living in the Light of His Righteousness The Word paints a unified, unbroken picture: God is consistently righteous—from creation, through covenant, prophecy, incarnation, and final judgment. Psalm 119:137 is no isolated confession; it harmonizes with every era and genre of Scripture. By trusting His upright judgments and resting in Christ—the fullest revelation of divine righteousness—believers walk with confidence that the same holy justice celebrated by the psalmist still rules today. |
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