Psalms 119:127

“Therefore I love thy commandments, etc.] Because he was the Lord’s servant, as Aben Ezra; or rather because the wicked made void the law. His love was the more inflamed and increased towards it by the contempt it was had in by others; he preferred it above gold, yea, above fine gold; or gold of Phez, a place where the best gold was, as was thought: the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it “the topaz”; and the Syriac and Arabic versions, “precious stones” or “gems”; (see <19B972>Psalm 119:72 <191910>Psalm 19:10).”

“Therefore I love thy commandments ... - The more people break them Psalms 119:126, the more I see their value; the more precious they are to me. The fact that they make thy law void, and that evil consequences result from their conduct, only impresses my mind the more with a sense of the value of the law, and makes my heart cling to it the more. There is almost nothing that will so impress upon our minds the importance of law as the sight of the effects which follow when it is disregarded. Above gold ... - See the notes at Psalms 119:72. Compare Psalms 19:10. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Therefore - Because the general apostacy of others makes this duty more necessary. Psalms 119:129”

“I love: Psa 119:72, Psa 19:10; Pro 3:13-18, Pro 8:11, Pro 16:16; Mat 13:45, Mat 13:46; Eph 3:8 Psalms 119:128”