Psalms 119:137 (LSB)

Passage

Righteous are You, O Yahweh, And upright are Your judgments.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:135 Make Your face shine upon Your slave, And teach me Your statutes.

Psalms 119:136 My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

Psalms 119:137 Righteous are You, O Yahweh, And upright are Your judgments.

Psalms 119:138 In righteousness, You have commanded Your testimonies And in exceeding faithfulness.

Psalms 119:139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "righteous", "yahweh", "upright", and "judgments". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "righteous" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 136's "My eyes shed streams of water Because..." into verse 138's "In righteousness You have commanded Your testimonies...", so "righteous" and "yahweh" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "righteous" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.