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Psalm 119:160–161

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119:160Your instructions are totally reliable;

all your just regulations endure.199

שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)

119:161Rulers pursue me for no reason,

yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.200

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Footnotes

  1. 199 Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.
  2. 200 Heb “and because of your instructions my heart trembles.” The psalmist’s healthy “fear” of the consequences of violating God’s instructions motivates him to obey them. See v. 120.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sum of your word is truth,

and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

Princes persecute me without cause,

but my heart stands in awe of your words.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All your words are true;

all your righteous laws are eternal.

Rulers persecute me without cause,

but my heart trembles at your word.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The entirety of your word is truth,

each of your righteous judgments endures forever.

Princes have persecuted me without cause,

but my heart fears only your word.

NLTNew Living Translation

The very essence of your words is truth;

all your just regulations will stand forever.

Powerful people harass me without cause,

but my heart trembles only at your word.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The whole of your word is truth,

and your every righteous judgment endures forever.

Princes persecute me without cause,

but my heart trembles because of your word.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thy word is true from the beginning:

And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

SCHIN.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause:

But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.