Truth – Something that is true. True statement or account; that which is in accordance with the fact. That which is true, real, or actual (in a general or abstract sense); reality; spec. in religious use, spiritual reality as the subject of revelation or object of faith.
Righteousness – Justice, uprightness, rectitude; conformity of life to the requirements of the divine or moral law, virtue, integrity.
God’s words are truth and righteousness. They are factual in their content and they are always right. There is nothing false or unjust about them. If you believe them you will believe the truth. If you follow them you may be assured that you are doing the right thing. They will never mislead you or betray you.
God’s words are also called His testimonies.
Testimony – 1. Personal or documentary evidence or attestation in support of a fact or statement; hence, any form of evidence or proof. 4. In Scriptural language (chiefly in O.T.). a. sing. The Mosaic law or decalogue as inscribed on the two tables of stone. b. pl. The precepts (of God), the divine law.
God’s words provide documentary evidence to support God’s claims about Himself and His works. We often quote the Bible to prove the Bible. This is not circular reasoning when you consider that the Bible is made up of sixty-six books written by some forty different authors over a period of some 1500 or more years. Therefore, the Bible is a collection of documents that all attest to the same facts. The Scriptures are God's testimonies. He Himself attests to His commandments and He cannot lie. The very integrity of God is at stake as to their truth and righteousness.
Then the Scriptures are called the way.
Way – Course of life or action, means, manner. A prescribed course of life or conduct; the law or commandments (of God); also in pl.
The commandments of God set forth the course of life and conduct that God wills for us to pursue. Simply put, to keep the commandments of God is to do the will of God. It is to be “in the way.” To break God’s commandments is to be “out of the way.”
Deuteronomy 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Romans 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said that He is the Way (John 14:6). He perfectly obeyed all the commandments of God given in the Old Testament. He fulfilled the law of Moses and took it out of the way establishing the New Testament in its stead. The commandments of the law of Christ in the New Testament are the way for us today. By following the teachings and example of Christ and His apostles you will be in the way.
And lastly God’s words are referred to in this psalm as His judgments.
Judgment – Divine sentence or decision; spec. a misfortune or calamity regarded as a divine visitation or punishment, or as a token of divine displeasure. In various Biblical uses, chiefly as rendering of Heb. mishpit, in its different uses. A (divine) decree, ordinance, law, statute.
These commandments or laws of God’s word are the judicial decrees of the sovereign Judge of the world. By these laws we are to judge ourselves and others, and by them we shall be judged. This brings to mind the words of our Lord Jesus Christ:
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
There is no escaping the words of God. You may ignore the Bible today, but you will not be able to ignore it then. If you are concerned about how you will fare in the coming Day of Judgment, I would suggest that you deal with the Scriptures now after the pattern that will unfold before us as we consider Psalm 119.
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