Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Psalms›Chapter 119

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:137

In 11 translations

BSB
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
KJV
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
WEB
You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
ASV
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
LSV
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, || And Your judgments [are] upright.
YLT
[Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.
DBY
TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
DRC118:137
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
GNV
TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
JPS
TZADE. Righteous art Thou, O LORD, and upright are Thy judgments.
LXXE118:137
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
צַדִּ֣יק אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝יָשָׁ֗ר מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br118:137
Δίκαιος εἶ Κύριε, καὶ εὐθεῖς αἱ κρίσεις σου.

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.”
  • 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?
  • Psalms 145:17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
  • 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…
  • Psalms 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
  • 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.
  • Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Revelation 16:7And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
  • 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.
  • Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  • Romans 3:5–6But 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. Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
  • 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.
  • Revelation 15:3–4and 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! Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify…
  • 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.”
  • Romans 9:14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 118:137 in some Bibles
  • 119:137 in most Bibles

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑