Bible verse
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Psalm 119:144 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 119.
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146 I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
KJV
The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
ASV
Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
ERV
Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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