Psalms 119:128
So I guide my life by your precepts, and every false way I hate.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
In Context
127Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
129Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
Cross References
Psalms 18:22His commandments were all before me, his statutes I put not away.
Psalms 119:6Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
Psalms 119:118All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
Romans 7:14We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly – sold into slavery to sin.
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 →