Psalms 119:137

“Righteous art thou, O Lord ... - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Tsaddiy (צ ts) - corresponding with “ts.” The thought in this verse is, that God is right, or righteous, in his judgments, that is, in his law; or, in other words, that his law is founded on principles of equity. return to 'Top of Page'”

“119:137-144 Tsadhe (צ): God is righteous, and his word is right and just, especially in contrast to the deceptions of the wicked.”

“Psa 99:4, Psa 103:6, Psa 145:17; Deu 32:4; Ezr 9:15; Neh 9:33; Jer 12:1; Dan 9:7, Dan 9:14; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:5, Rom 3:6, Rom 9:14; Rev 15:3, Rev 15:4, Rev 16:7, Rev 19:2 Psalms 119:138”

“The eightfold Tsade. God rules righteously and faithfully according to His word, for which the poet is accordingly zealous, although young and despised. The predicate ישׂר in Psa 119:137 precedes its subject משׁפּטיך (God's decisions in word and in deed) in the primary form (after the model of the verbal clause Psa 124:5), just as in German \[and English\] the predicative adjective remains undeclined. The accusatives צדק and אמוּנה in Psa 119:138 are not predicative (Hitzig), to which the former ("as righteousness") - not the latter however - is not suited, but adverbial accusatives (in righteousness, in faithfulness), and מאד according to its position is subordinate to ואמונה as a virtual…”