Psalms 119:75

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
know	יָדַ֣עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
judgments	מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑יךָ mish.pa.Tei.kha	H4941	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
right	צֶ֣דֶק Tze.dek	H6664	the right (natural · noun, common masculine singular absolute
faithfulness	וֶ֝אֱמוּנָ֗ה ve.'e.mu.Nah	H530	literally firmness · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
afflicted	עִנִּיתָֽנִי 'i.ni.Ta.ni	H6031	to depress literally or figuratively · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Hebrews 12:10-11 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Psalms 89:30-33 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Romans 3:4-5 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overc…
Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that b…
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Job 34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Psalms 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:75

Still David is in affliction, and being so he owns, 1. That his sin was justly corrected: I know, O Lord! that thy judgments are right, are righteousness itself. However God is pleased to afflict us, he does us no wrong, nor can we charge him with any iniquity, but most acknowledge that it is less than we have deserved. We know that God is holy in his nature and wise and just in all the acts of his government, and therefore we cannot but know, in the general, that his judgments are right, though, in some particular instances, there may be difficulties which we cannot easily resolve. 2. That God's promise was graciously performed. The former may silence us under our afflictions, and forbid us…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:75

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right,.... His word, the doctrines and precepts of it, they are all consistent with the holiness and righteousness of God; and so are his judgments on wicked men, they are righteous, just, and true: God is righteous in all his ways, there is no unrighteousness in any dispensation of his; and such are his corrections of his own people, and which seem to be chiefly intended here and are so called, because they are done in judgment, with moderation and gentleness, in wisdom, and to answer the best purposes; and they are all right, for the good and profit of the people of God, that they may be partakers of his holiness, and not be condemned with the world:…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:73-80

Psalm 119:73-80 y 73. Thy hands have made and fashioned me: make me to understand, that I may learn thy commandments. y 74. They who fear thee shall see me and be glad; because I have hoped in thy word. y 75. I have known, O Jehovah! That thy judgments are justice; and thou hast humbled me in truth. y 76. I beseech thee let thy goodness be for my consolation, according to thy word to thy servant. y 77. Let thy compassion's come unto me, and let me live: for thy law is my delight. y 78. Let the proud be put to shame; for they have falsely endeavored to pervert me: I will meditate on thy precepts. y 79. Let such as fear thee turn unto me, and those who have known thy testimonies. y 80. Let my…

The Church Fathers

"I know," she says, "O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in Your truth You have humbled me" [Psalm 119:75]. Mercy and truth are so spoken of in the Divine Word, that, while they are found in many passages, especially in the Psalms, it is also so read in one place, "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth." And here indeed he has placed truth first, whereby we are humbled unto death, by the judgment of Him whose judgments are righteousness.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Afflictions · Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God — Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Chastisement · FROM GOD — FROM GOD
Faithfulness Of God, The · Manifested: In afflicting his saints — Manifested: In afflicting his saints
Reproof · God gives reproof to his own children — God gives reproof to his own children
Resignation · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:75

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:75

John Gill on Psalms 119:75

John Calvin on Psalms 119:73-80

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:75

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:75

John Gill on Psalms 119:75

John Calvin on Psalms 119:73-80

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:73-80

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:73-80