Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThe works of His hands are faithfulness and justice; all His precepts are completely reliable.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFaithful and just are the works of His hands; all His precepts are utterly trustworthy.
KJV
King James VersionThe works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThe works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
Footnotes
Three key terms converge here. *Emet* (אֱמֶת) is not merely abstract truth but concrete, testable reliability — what can be counted on absolutely. *Mishpat* (מִשְׁפָּט) is covenant justice: the right ordering of relationships, not merely punitive judgment. *Pikkudim* (פִּקּוּדִים), precepts, appears almost exclusively in the Psalms — especially Psalm 119 — denoting divine mandates entrusted like royal charges to a subordinate. FOG renders 'faithful and just' as active predicates of His works; FOG Message treats them as character attributes — faithfulness and justice — drawing out their nature as permanent divine qualities rather than merely occasional actions.