Psalms 119:127
Therefore I have loved Your commands || Above gold—even fine gold.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
In Context
126Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
128Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, || I have hated every path of falsehood!
Cross References
Psalms 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, || As over all wealth.
Psalms 119:72The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me || Than thousands of gold and silver!
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom [is] better than rubies, || Indeed, all delights are not comparable with it.
Matthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking good pearls,
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 →