Psalms 119:14
I like to obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; I enjoy that more than being very rich.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
In Context
13I [MTY] tell others ◄the regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.
Cross References
Job 23:12I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Psalms 112:1Praise Yahweh! ◄Happy are/He is pleased with► those who revere him, those who happily obey his commands.
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.
Psalms 119:111◄Your requirements/What you have instructed us to do► are my possession forever; because of them [PRS], I am joyful.
Psalms 119:162I am happy about ◄your words/what you have promised to do for me►, as happy as someone who has found a great treasure.
Matthew 13:44“ What people do who begin to allow God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like what a certain man did to acquire a treasure. A treasure was hidden in a field by someone {Someone hid a treasure in a field and never dug it up again}. When another man found it, he hid it by burying it again in order that no one else would find it. Being very happy that he had found something very valuable, he went and sold all his possessions to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in. He then went and bought the field, and so he was able to acquire that treasure.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:14-17
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Here, I. David looks back with comfort upon the respect he had paid to the word of God. He had the testimony of his conscience for him, 1. That he had edified others with what he had been taught out of the word of God ( v. 13 ): With my lips… Read the whole commentary →