138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.

Other Translations of Psalm 119:138

King James Version

138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous righteous: Heb. righteousness and very faithful.

English Standard Version

138 You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.

The Message

138 You rightly instruct us in how to live ever faithful to you.

New King James Version

138 Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are righteous and very faithful.

New Living Translation

138 Your laws are perfect and completely trustworthy.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:138

Commentary on Psalm 119:137-144

(Read Psalm 119:137-144)

God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's real excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are small and despised, we have the more need to remember God's precepts, that we may have them to support us. The law of God is the truth, the standard of holiness, the rule of happiness; but the obedience of Christ alone justifies the believer. Sorrows are often the lot of saints in this vale of tears; they are in heaviness through manifold temptations. There are delights in the word of God, which the saints often most sweetly enjoy when in trouble and anguish. This is life eternal, to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, John 17:3. May we live the life of faith and grace here, and be removed to the life of glory hereafter.