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Psalm 119:138

You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE
137You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright.
138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
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The words “fully trustworthy” join confidence in God’s commands to his righteousness, even as the surrounding lines speak of tears and exhaustion.

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Psalm 93:5Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forever more.Both passages affirm the reliability of God’s statutes: they stand firm and deserve trust.
Psalm 19:7–9The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.Both passages express confidence in God’s instruction, describing his statutes as trustworthy and his covenant as sure.
Psalm 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPHBoth verses connect God’s revealed instruction with righteousness; verse 144 adds a plea for understanding.
Psalm 119:86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!Both verses affirm that God’s commands deserve trust, with verse 86 making that confession amid wrongful persecution.
1 Kings 2:3and keep the instruction of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to …God’s statutes are central to both passages, with the psalm affirming their trustworthiness and Kings urging obedience.
Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,The shared thread is statutes: the psalm describes their character, while Deuteronomy identifies Moses speaking them to Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:8What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?Both passages describe God’s statutes in terms of righteousness, affirming the rightness of the instruction he gives.
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The grief in these lines does not cancel their confidence: God commands in righteousness, and his statutes remain worthy of trust when others disregard them.

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