Psalms 119:142 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to the Psalmist, God always does what is right, and His rules are always true and good forever. Christians believe this means we can trust God to be fair and honest, and His teachings help us know the right way to live.

Contradiction with Romans 7:6

While Psalms 119:142 states that God's law is truth, Romans 7:6 talks about being delivered from the law.

Romans 7:6: But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter. [that being...: or, being dead to that]

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

This verse emphasizes that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith, which contrasts with the idea of the law being truth.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Contradiction with Hebrews 7:18-19

It mentions the disannulling of a commandment because of its weakness and unprofitability, contradicting the permanent truth of the law mentioned in Psalms 119:142.

Hebrews 7:18-19: For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Contradiction with Romans 3:28

This verse indicates that a person is justified by faith without the deeds of the law, opposing the notion that the law itself is the ultimate truth.

Romans 3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:10

It suggests that those who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, contrasting the positive depiction of the law as truth in Psalms 119:142.

Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

It refers to the old covenant becoming obsolete and vanishing away, which contrasts with the enduring truth of God's law as suggested in Psalms 119:142.