Psalms 119:129
Your laws are truly wonderful—that's why I keep them!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
In Context
128All of your rules are right in every way, and so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.
130Studying your words brings light so that even the uneducated can understand.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Happy are those who keep his commandments, who sincerely want to follow him.
Psalms 119:31I hold on to your teachings, Lord. Don't let me be ridiculed.
Psalms 139:6This amazing knowledge you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!
Isaiah 25:1Lord, you are my God. I will honor you and praise who you are, because you have done wonderful things that you planned long ago. You are faithful and trustworthy!
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 →