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Psalms 119:127

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Therefore I love thy commandments - I see thou wilt do all things well. I will trust in thee.

Above gold - מזהב mizzahab, more than resplendent gold; gold without any stain or rust.

Yea, above fine gold - ומפז umippaz, above solid gold; gold separated from the dross, perfectly refined.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

All thy precepts concerning all things to be right - There are too many supplied words here to leave the text unsuspected. All the ancient versions, except the Chaldee, seem to have omitted the second כל col, All and read the text thus: "Therefore I have walked straight in all thy precepts." I go straight on in all thy precepts, hating every false way. I neither turn to the right hand nor to the left; the false ways are crooked; thy way is straight. I am going to heaven, and that way lies straight before me. To walk in the way of falsity I cannot, because I hate it; and I hate such ways because God hates them.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Thy testimonies are wonderful - There is a height, length, depth, and breadth in thy word and testimonies that are truly astonishing; and on this account my soul loves them, and I deeply study them. The more I study, the more light and salvation I obtain.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

The entrance of thy words giveth light - פתח pethach, the opening of it: when I open my Bible to read, light springs up in my mind. Every sermon, every prayer, every act of faith, is an opening by which light is let into the seeking soul.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

I opened my mouth, and panted - A metaphor taken from an animal exhausted in the chase. He runs, open-mouthed, to take in the cooling air; the heart beating high, and the muscular force nearly expended through fatigue. The psalmist sought for salvation, as he would run from a ferocious beast for his life. Nothing can show his earnestness in a stronger point of view.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

As thou usest to do - Treat me as thy mercy has induced thee to treat others in my circumstances. Deal with me as thou dealest with thy friends.

Adam Clarke
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Order my steps - הכן hachen, make them firm; let me not walk with a halting or unsteady step.

Have dominion over me - בי bi, In me. Let me have no governor but God, let the throne of my heart be filled by him, and none other.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Make thy face to shine - Give me a sense of thy approbation. Let me know, by the testimony of thy Spirit in my conscience, that thou art reconciled to me. The godly in all ages derived their happiness from a consciousness of the Divine favor. The witness of God's spirit in the souls of believers was an essential principle in religion from the foundation of the world.

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