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Psa. 119:137 KJV (With Strong’s)

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TZADDI. Righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
o art thou, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and upright
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
are thy judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
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Dan. 9:7• 7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. (Dan. 9:7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 99:4• 4The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)
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Psa. 103:6• 6The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. (Psa. 103:6)
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Psa. 145:17• 17The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. (Psa. 145:17)
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Deut. 32:4• 4He 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. (Deut. 32:4)
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Ezra 9:15• 15O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. (Ezra 9:15)
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Neh. 9:33• 33Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: (Neh. 9:33)
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Jer. 12:1• 1Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? (Jer. 12:1)
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Dan. 9:7,14• 7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
 14Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. (Dan. 9:7,14)
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Rom. 2:5• 5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (Rom. 2:5)
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Rom. 3:5‑6• 5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
 6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? (Rom. 3:5‑6)
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Rom. 9:14• 14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. (Rom. 9:14)
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Rev. 15:3‑4• 3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
 4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. (Rev. 15:3‑4)
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Rev. 16:7• 7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. (Rev. 16:7)
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Rev. 19:2• 2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. (Rev. 19:2)
• “Tzaddi”— zeal for God (vs. 137-144). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• The maintenance of the rights of God in a world of evil. (“Psalm 119:137-144: Division 18 (Tzaddi)” by H. Smith)
• The psalmist recognizes that God is righteous and all His judgments in accord with Himself. (“Psalm 119:137-144: Division 18 (Tzaddi)” by H. Smith)
• But the righteousness of God's law, and the key it gives to God's ways, leads to the recognition of what Jehovah is who gave it. “Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.” That is the way Jehovah deals with a case, or the moral decision which He utters as to it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright ared thy judgments.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "and upright in."