Psalms 119:129
Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
In Context
128So I guide my life by your precepts, and every false way I hate.
130When your word is unfolded, light breaks; imparting wisdom to the simple.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
Psalms 119:31I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
Psalms 139:6It’s too wonderful for me to know too lofty I cannot attain it.
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 →