Psalms 119 · Verse 144

Psalms 119:144

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms 119:144, King James Version

Psalms 119:144 in other translations

BSBYour testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
WEBYour testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH
ASVThy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. ק QOPH.
YLTThe righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!
DARBYThe righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
BBEThe righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.
WebsterThe righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

What does Psalms 119:144 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:142-144

142-144. The principles of God's government are permanent and reliable, and in the deepest distress His people find them a theme of delightful meditation and a source of reviving power (Psa 119:17, 116). law is the truth--It therefore cannot deceive as to its promises. everlasting--(Psa 111:3), though to outward appearance seeming dead. KOPH. (Psa 119:145-152).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting - Thy moral law was not made for one people, or for one particular time; it is as imperishable as thy nature, and of endless obligation. It is that law by which all the children of Adam shall be Judged. Give me understanding - To know and practice it. And I shall live - Shall glorify thee, and live eternally; not for the merit of having done it, but because thou didst fulfill the work of the law in my heart, having saved me from condemnation by it.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…

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Psalms 119:144 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צֶ֖דֶקTze.dek[are] righteousnessH6664
עֵדְוֹתֶ֥יךָ'e.de.vo.Tei.khatestimonies yourH5715
לְעוֹלָ֗םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
הֲבִינֵ֥נִיha.vi.Ne.nigive understanding meH995
וְאֶחְיֶֽה\׃ve.'ech.Yehso I may liveH2421

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:144

  • 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. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  • Daniel 12:10

    Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Psalms 119:169

    ת TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

  • Proverbs 10:21

    The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  • Psalms 119:73

    י JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • 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. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

  • 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.

  • Matthew 13:19

    When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

  • Psalms 19:9

    The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

  • Psalms 119:138

    Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
righteousness.
138,152; Mt 5:18; 1Pe 1:23-25
give me.
34,66,73,169; 2Co 4:6; 1Jo 5:20,21
understanding.
Pr 10:21; Isa 6:9,10; 27:11; Jer 4:22; Da 12:10; Ho 4:6; Mt 13:19
Joh 17:3

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Context

  • Psalms 119:143

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

  • Psalms 119:144

    The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

  • Psalms 119:145

    ק KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

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Psalms 119:144 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Justicia eterna son tus testimonios; dame entendimiento, y viviré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La justice de tes témoignages est à toujours; donne-moi de l’intelligence, et je vivrai.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gerechtigkeit sind deine Zeugnisse ewiglich; gib mir Einsicht, so werde ich leben.