Psalms 119:128

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 119:128 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way. PE.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way. PE.
Psalms 119:128 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 119

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
128Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way. PE.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right, etc.] He had an impartial regard to all the commandments of God; and valued one as well as another, and walked according to all of them; making no difference either in his affection or practice between one and another, as being more or less necessary, just, and right: he had an equal respect to the lighter and weightier matters of the law; and, like Zacharias and Elisabeth, walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless; looking upon them all, with respect to everything commanded or forbidden by them, to be just and equitable; [and] I hate every false way; every command, institution, and…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right - literally, “Therefore all the commandments of all I regard as right.” The idea seems to be, that he regarded as right and just all the commandments of God pertaining to “every” thing and “every” person; all, considered in every way; all, wherever the law extended, and whomsoever it embraced; all the law pertaining to duty toward God and toward man. He saw in the “violation” of the laws of God Psalms 119:126 a reason for approving “all” law; all that would restrain people from sin, and that would bind them to duty and to virtue. The effect had been to lead him to reflect on the worth of law as law, and he had come to the…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“I esteem: Psa 119:6, Psa 19:7, Psa 19:8; Deu 4:8; Job 33:27; Pro 30:5; Rom 7:12, Rom 7:14, Rom 7:16, Rom 7:22 all things: Kol, "all" seems to have been omitted by all the versions, except the Chaldee; which reads simply, "all thy precepts;" and this renders the text more perspicuous and unembarrassed. and I: Psa 119:104, Psa 119:118 Psalms 119:129”
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