Psalms 119:127
Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
In Context
126It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.
128Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate.
Cross References
Psalms 119:14On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad, as over all wealth.
Psalms 119:72Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver.
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than pearls; and all the things that men wish for are not equal to her.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:127
126 It is time for thee, Lord , to work: for they have made void thy law. Here is, 1. A complaint of the daring impiety of the wicked. David, having in himself a holy indignation at it, humbly represents it to God: "Lord, there are those that have made void thy law, have set thee and thy government at defiance, and have done what in them lay to cancel and vacate the obligation of thy commands." Those that sin through infirmity transgress the law, but presumptuous sinners do in effect make void the law, saying, Who… Read the whole commentary →