Psalms 119:128
So I conduct my life by ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and I hate all the evil things that some people do.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:8And there is no [RHQ] other nation, even if it is a great nation, that has laws that are as just/fair as the laws that I am telling to you today.
Psalms 18:22My behavior was directed by his rules; I have not stopped obeying them.
Psalms 119:6If I continually ◄heed/pay attention to► all ◄your commands/that you have commanded►, I will not be disgraced/ashamed.
Psalms 119:118You reject all those who disobey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►; but what they deceitfully plan to do will be ◄useless/in vain►.
Proverbs 30:5Everything that God has said is true; he is like a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
Romans 7:14We know that the laws that God gave Moses came from God’s Spirit. But as for me, I am influenced by my self-directed nature. It is as though I have been forced to become a slave of my desire to sin [MET].
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 →