Psalms 119:129
Thy testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
In Context
128Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all [things] to be right. I hate every FALSE way.
130The opening of thy words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:31I cling to thy testimonies. O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 139:6[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
Isaiah 25:1O LORD, thou are my God. I will exalt thee. I will praise thy name. For thou have done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:128-129
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. David here, as often in this psalm, professes the great love he had to the word and law of God; and, to evidence the sincerity of it, observe, 1. The degree of his love. He loved his Bible better than he loved his money— above gold, yea, above fine gold. Gold, fine gold, is what most men set their hearts upon; nothing charms them and dazzles… Read the whole commentary →