Psalms 119:137 (WEB)

Passage

You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

Psalms 119:136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

Psalms 119:137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

Psalms 119:138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

Psalms 119:139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "righteous", "yahweh", "judgments", and "upright". 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 "Streams of tears run down my eyes..." into verse 138's "You have commanded your statutes in righteousness...", 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.