Psalms 119 · Verse 75

Psalms 119:75

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Psalms 119:75, King James Version

Psalms 119:75 in other translations

BSBI know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
WEBLORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
ASVI know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
YLTI have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
DARBYI know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
BBEI have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
WebsterI know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

What does Psalms 119:75 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:75-78
75-78. in faithfulness--that is, without in the least violating Thy faithfulness; because my sins deserved and needed fatherly chastisement. Enduring chastisement with a filial temper (He 12:6-11), God's promises of mercy (Ro 8:28) will be fulfilled, and He will give comfort in sorrow (La 3:22; 2Co 1:3, 4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 75 I know - that thy judgments are right - All the dispensations of thy providence are laid in wisdom, and executed in mercy: let me see that it is through this wisdom and mercy that I have been afflicted.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:73-80

God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and…

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Psalms 119:75 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.

יָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
צֶ֣דֶקTze.dek[are] righteousnessH6664
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑יךָmish.pa.Tei.khajudgments yourH4941
וֶ֝אֱמוּנָ֗הve.'e.mu.Nahand faithfulnessH530
עִנִּיתָֽנִי\׃'i.ni.Ta.niyou have afflicted meH6031

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:75

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Hebrews 12:10-11

    For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

  • Romans 3:4-5

    God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

  • Psalms 89:30-33

    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

  • Psalms 25:10

    All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:128

    Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

  • Psalms 119:62

    At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

  • Psalms 119:160

    Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 119:7

    I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

  • Deuteronomy 32:4

    He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

  • Job 34:23

    For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I know.
7,62,128,160; De 32:4; Job 34:23; Jer 12:1
right. Heb. righteousness.
Ge 18:25; Ro 3:4,5
thou in.
25:10; 89:30-33; Heb 12:10,11; Re 3:19

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Context

  • Psalms 119:74

    They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

  • Psalms 119:75

    I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

  • Psalms 119:76

    Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

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Psalms 119:75 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Conozco, oh Jehová, que tus juicios son justicia, y que conforme á tu fidelidad me afligiste.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je sais, ô Éternel! que tes jugements sont justice, et que c’est en fidélité que tu m’as affligé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich weiß, Jehova, daß deine Gerichte Gerechtigkeit sind und daß du mich gedemütigt hast in Treue.