Psalm 119:140 {118:140}
Good News Translation
How certain your promise is! How I love it!

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

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.

thy word.

pure.

Psalm 119:128 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.

Psalm 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

Psalm 18:30 As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.

Psalm 19:8 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.

Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.

Romans 7:12,16,22 Wherefore the law indeed is holy: and the commandment holy and just and good. . . .

1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation:

2 Peter 1:21 For prophecy came not by the will of man at any time: but the holy men of God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.

Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
139My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words. 140Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.141I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy justifications.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:31
God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.

Psalm 12:6
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

Psalm 19:8
The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 119:47
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.

Psalm 119:139
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