Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
- KJV Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- NKJV Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it.
- NASB Your word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it.
- NLT Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much.
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Quick answer
God's promises are thoroughly tested and proven pure, so His servant loves them. The refined reliability of the word draws his love.
Overview
The psalmist describes God's word as refined and tested like purified metal, utterly trustworthy, and therefore beloved by him. The proven purity of the promises makes them precious. This tested word is the same word that abides forever and is fulfilled without fail in Christ, in whom every promise is confirmed (Ps. 12:6; 1 Pet. 1:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 19:8The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
- Prov 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
- Ps 12:6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- 2 Pet 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- Ps 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
- Rom 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
- Rom 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Ps 18:30As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
- 1 Pet 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- Rom 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
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