Psalms 119:128
Therefore I carefully follow all your instructions, 1 and I hate every path of falsehood. PE 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
127Truly I love your commandments 1 more than gold, more than fine gold. 1
129Your rules are wonderful, 1 that is why I obey them. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:8What other great nation is there that has laws and decrees so righteous as all this law that I am setting before you today?
Psalms 18:22For all his righteous decrees have been before me; as for his statutes, I have not turned away from them. 1
Psalms 119:6Then I would not be put to shame 1 when I think of all your commandments. 1
Psalms 119:118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, 1 for those people are deceptive and unreliable. 1
Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is tested; 1 he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 1
Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh. I have been sold under 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 →