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For the word of Yahweh is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.
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God's Perfect Reliability
Commentators agree that this verse provides the foundation for praise: God's absolute trustworthiness. His 'word'—encompassing His commands, promises, and revealed scripture—is perfectly right. Similarly, His 'work'—from creation to His ongoing providence—is executed in complete faithfulness. As Albert Barnes notes, the fact that God says or does something is the highest proof of its rightness and truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the word of the Lord is right – The command, the law, the promise of God. Whatever he “says” is right, or true. It is worthy of…
19th Century
Anglican
Right. —The first inspiring cause of praise for a faithful Israelite is the righteousness of the God of the Covenant. But the preg…
Baptist
For the word of the LORD is right;
Praise him for his Word, then. It is truth, it is righteousness. If we had nothing else but the B…
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16th Century
Protestant
For the word of Jehovah is right. As I have just remarked, the Psalmist first sets forth God’s general providence by which he governs the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the word of the Lord [is] right The revealed word of God: the law of God is right; its precepts are holy, just, …
Holy joy is the heart and soul of praise, and that is here urged upon the righteous. Thankful praise is the breath and language of holy joy. Religi…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. The title is not new. It is to the end. A psalm for David.
In the previous psalm, the psalmist addressed his justification; …
