"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever."
Psalm 119:160
“Thy word is true from the beginning.”
God’s Word is true. From the beginning to the end, it is right. What God thought, and what He spoke, and all that He had written is all correct, for God is true and the source of all truth.
“If he reckons up the word of God in its separate parts and as a whole, truth is the denominator of the whole, truth is the sum-total.” [1]
“God’s word has been true from the first moment in which it was spoken, true throughout the whole of history, true to us from the instant in which we believed it, ay, true to us before we were true to it” [2] (Spurgeon).
“And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever.”
Not only is God’s Word true, but it is also eternal. What was right in the Bible yesterday is true today and will be true tomorrow and a thousand years from then.
“The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live” (Psalm 119:144).
“The entire word is true, not merely portions or the concepts from the word. Not only is it true; it is eternally true” [3] (Guzik).
“Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever” (Psalm 119:152).
“The Scriptures are as true in Genesis as in Revelation, and the five books of Moses are as inspired as the four Gospels. ‘And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.’ That which thou hast decided remains irreversible in every case. Against the decisions of the Lord no writ of error can be demanded; neither will there ever be a repealing of any of the acts of his sovereignty. There is not one single mistake either in the word of God or in the providential dealings of God. Neither in the book of revelation nor of providence will there be any need to put a single note of errata [errors in printing or writing]. The Lord has nothing to regret or to retract, nothing to amend or to reverse. All God’s judgments, decrees, commands, and purposes are righteous, and as righteous things are lasting things, every one of them will outlive the stars. ‘Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled’”[4] (Spurgeon).
Jehovah is the only God that can be trusted. Trust His Word.
[1] Keil & Delitzsch, Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament, the electronic version in eSword.
[2] C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, the electronic version in eSword.
[3] Guzik, David, David Guzik’s Enduring Word Commentary, the electronic version in eSword.
[4] Spurgeon, ibid.