Psalms 119:140 (WEB)

Passage

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Nearby Context

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.

Psalms 119:140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Psalms 119:141 I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

Psalms 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "promises", "been", "thoroughly", "tested", "servant", and "loves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "promises" and "been", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 139's "My zeal wears me out because my..." into verse 141's "I am small and despised I don...", so "promises" and "been" 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 "promises" and "been" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.