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Psalm 19:9

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19:9The commands to fear the Lord are right29

and endure forever.30

The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy

and absolutely just.31

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Psalm 19:9–10: … the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Footnotes

  1. 29 Heb “the fear of the Lord is clean.” The phrase “fear of the Lord” probably refers here to the law, which teaches one how to demonstrate proper reverence for the Lord. See Ps 111:10 for another possible use of the phrase in this sense.
  2. 30 Heb “[it] stands permanently.”
  3. 31 Trustworthy and absolutely just. The Lord’s commands accurately reflect God’s moral will for his people and are an expression of his just character.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

the fear of the Lord is clean,

enduring forever;

the rules of the Lord are true,

and righteous altogether.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The fear of the Lord is pure,

enduring forever.

The decrees of the Lord are firm,

and all of them are righteous.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The fear of the Lord is pure,

enduring forever;

the ordinances of the Lord are reliable

and altogether righteous.

NLTNew Living Translation

Reverence for the Lord is pure,

lasting forever.

The laws of the Lord are true;

each one is fair.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The fear of Yahweh is pure, enduring forever.

The ordinances of Yahweh are true; they are righteous altogether,

KJV 1900King James Version

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever:

The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.