Psalms 19:9

9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous.

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Psalms 19:9 in Other Translations

KJV

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

ESV

9 the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.

NLT

9 Reverence for the LORD is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the LORD are true; each one is fair.

MSG

9 God's reputation is twenty-four-carat gold, with a lifetime guarantee. The decisions of God are accurate down to the nth degree.

CSB

9 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous.

Psalms 19:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 19:9

The fear of the Lord [is] clean
Still the word of God is intended, which teaches men to fear the Lord; gives a full account of the worship of God, which is often meant by the fear of God; it instructs in the matter and manner of worship; and nothing more powerfully engages to serve the Lord with reverence and godly fear than the Gospel does: and this is "clean"; and the doctrines of it direct to the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin, and to the righteousness of Christ, the fine linen, clean and white; the promises of it put the saints on cleansing themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit; and the whole of it is the word of truth, by which God and Christ sanctify the church and the members of it, ( John 15:2 ) ( 17:17 ) ( Ephesians 5:25 Ephesians 5:26 ) . And this word is

enduring for ever;
the law is done away; the ceremonial law entirely, and the moral law, as a covenant of works, and as to the ministration of it by Moses; but the Gospel continues; it is an everlasting one; it endures for ever, notwithstanding all the opposition made to it by open persecution, or false teachers;

the judgments of the Lord [are] true, [and] righteous altogether;
"the judgments of the Lord" are the same with "the word of God", as appears from ( Psalms 119:25 Psalms 119:149 ) ; and these seem to design that part of the word, which contains rules of God's judging and governing his people; or the laws, orders, and ordinances of Christ in his house, which his people should observe, and yield a cheerful obedience to, he being their King, Judge, and Lawgiver: and these are "true", or "truth" ^F7 itself; being wisely made, according to the truth of things, and agreeable to the holiness and righteousness of God, and so righteous; not at all grievous, but easy, pleasant, and delightful, one and all of them.

FOOTNOTES:

F7 (tma) "veritas", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus, Rivetus.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible