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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• 7Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, 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, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee. (Dan. 9:7)

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Psa. 99:4• 4And the king's strength loveth judgment:{HR}Thou hast established equity;{HR}Thou hast wrought judgment{HR}And righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)
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Psa. 103:6• 6Jehovah doeth righteousnesses{HR}And judgments for all oppressed. (Psa. 103:6)
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Psa. 145:17• 17Righteous [is] Jehovah in all his ways,{HR}And gracious in all his works. (Psa. 145:17)
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Deut. 32:4• 4He is the Rock, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)
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Ezra 9:15• 15Jehovah, God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for there is no standing before thee because of this. (Ezra 9:15)
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Neh. 9:33• 33But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly. (Neh. 9:33)
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Jer. 12:1• 1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, 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• 7Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, 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, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.
 14And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. (Dan. 9:7,14)
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Rom. 2:5• 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment, (Rom. 2:5)
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Rom. 3:5‑6• 5But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who inflicteth wrath? I speak according to man.
 6Let it not be: since how shall God judge the world? (Rom. 3:5‑6)
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Rom. 9:14• 14What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? Let it not be. (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 wonderful are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of the nations.
 4Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteousnesses were manifested. (Rev. 15:3‑4)
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Rev. 16:7• 7And I heard the altar say, Yea, O Lord God the 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 harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. (Rev. 19:2)
• 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)
• 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)
• “Tzaddi”— zeal for God (vs. 137-144). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

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."

W. Kelly Translation

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137
Righteous [art] thou, Jehovah,{HR}And upright thy judgments.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)