Psalms 119:127
Truly, I love ◄your commands/what you have commanded► more than I love gold; I love them more than I love very pure gold.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
In Context
126Yahweh, now is the time for you to punish people because they have disobeyed your laws.
Cross References
Psalms 119:14I like to obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; I enjoy that more than being very rich.
Psalms 119:72The laws that you [MTY] gave/told to us are worth more to me than gold, more than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Proverbs 8:11because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire is as valuable as being wise.
Matthew 13:45Also, what people do who begin to allow God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like what a merchant did who was looking for good quality pearls to buy.
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 →