Psalms 119:137

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“Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.”

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BSBPD

“Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“<FI> Tzade.<Fi> Righteous <FI>art<Fi> Thou, O Jehovah, And upright <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:137 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  2. Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
  3. Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  4. Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  5. Psalms 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
  6. Psalms 145:17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
  7. Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
  8. Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
  9. Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
  10. Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  11. Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
  12. Romans 9:14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
  13. Revelation 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
  14. Revelation 16:7And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
  15. Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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