Psalm 119:140
New International Version
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

New Living Translation
Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much.

English Standard Version
Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.

Berean Standard Bible
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

King James Bible
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

New King James Version
Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it.

New American Standard Bible
Your word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it.

NASB 1995
Your word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it.

NASB 1977
Thy word is very pure, Therefore Thy servant loves it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Your word is exceedingly refined, Therefore Your slave loves it.

Amplified Bible
Your word is very pure (refined); Therefore Your servant loves it.

Christian Standard Bible
Your word is completely pure, and your servant loves it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your word is completely pure, and Your servant loves it.

American Standard Version
Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Your word is very precious and your Servant has loved it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.

Contemporary English Version
Your word to me, your servant, is like pure gold; I treasure what you say.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.

English Revised Version
Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your promise has been thoroughly tested, and I love it.

Good News Translation
How certain your promise is! How I love it!

International Standard Version
Your word is very pure, and your servant loves it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy word is tried to the uttermost, And Thy servant loveth it.

Literal Standard Version
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, | And Your servant has loved it.

Majority Standard Bible
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

New American Bible
Your servant loves your promise; it has been proved by fire.

NET Bible
Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it!

New Revised Standard Version
Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.

New Heart English Bible
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

World English Bible
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Young's Literal Translation
Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

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Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
139My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words. 140Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it. 141I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 22:31
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.

Psalm 19:8
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Psalm 119:47
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.


Treasury of Scripture

Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.

thy word.

pure.

Psalm 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psalm 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














(140) Pure.--More literally, purged by trial. LXX. and Vulg., "fired." It is not only the excellence, but the proved excellence, of the Divine Word, which is the object of love and adoration here.

Verse 140. - Thy Word is very pure; or, "is purged, assayed, tried in the fire." God's "promises" are especially meant, which the course of events tests. Therefore thy servant loveth it (comp. vers. 97, 113, 119, 127, 159, 163).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your promise
אִמְרָתְךָ֥ (’im·rā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 565: Utterance, speech, word

is completely
מְאֹ֗ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

pure;
צְרוּפָ֖ה (ṣə·rū·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test

therefore Your servant
וְֽעַבְדְּךָ֥ (wə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

loves it.
אֲהֵבָֽהּ׃ (’ă·hê·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f


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