SEV Biblia, Chapter 119:72
ΒΆ Mejor me es la ley de tu boca, que millares de oro y plata.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 118:72
Verse 72. The law of thy mouth is better ] Who can say this? Who prefers the law of his God, the Christ that bought him, and the heaven to which he hopes to go, when he can live no longer upon earth, to thousands of gold and silver? Yea, how many are there who, like Judas, sell their saviour even for thirty pieces of silver? Hear this, ye lovers of the world and of money! As the letter f teth begins but few words, not forty, in the Hebrew language, there is less variety under this division than under any of the preceding. ANALYSIS OF LETTER TETH. - NINTH DIVISION The psalmist, having been afflicted, shows: - I. How graciously God dealt with him, in bringing him profitably through it.
II. Prays for a right judgment and knowledge.
III. Expresses his love to God's law, and the value he set upon it.
I. The psalmist gives thanks for mercy granted in affliction.
1. "Thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant." Graciously in afflicting him, and graciously in relieving him.
2. And this thou hast done "according to thy word." Thou hast fulfilled thy promise.
II. He prays to be taught of God: - 1. "Teach me good judgment." Many judge badly; for they think that affliction is a sign of God's displeasure. Let me have that good judgment that receives it as a fatherly correction from thee.
2. He asks for science and knowledge. A spiritual perception, and taste for heavenly things.
3. For this he gives his reason: "I have believed thy commandments." If we believe not God, we cannot profit by his word.
4. There is something remarkable in the manner of asking: 1. A good or sound judgment. 2. Knowledge; for without a sound judgment, knowledge is of no use.
III. He acknowledges that God's chastisements had done him good.
1."Before I was afflicted." Prosperity is often the mother or error.
2. "Now I have kept thy word." Schola crucis, schola lucis, "The school of the cross is the school of light." 3. He acknowledges that the good God had done him good. To have a right notion of God is a great blessing.
IV. Much of the psalmist's addiction proceeded from wicked men. These he describes: - 1. They were proud. Pride is the mother of rebellion, both against God and man.
2. They were liars. Evil speaking and calumny are the first weapons of persecutors.
3. They forged these lies; they invented them. There was none ready to their hand, so they framed some to serve their purpose.
4. The psalmist opposes them with humility and truth: "I will keep thy precepts." 5. He shows more particularly their moral character: "Their heart was as fat as grease;" they were stupid, brutish, hoggish. Their god was their belly. 1. Because they abounded in wealth, they were proud. 2.
Because they pampered themselves, they were stupid, and incapable of moral feeling. The fat is the least sensible part of the aAnimal system.
V. He shows the condition of the godly.
1. They see God's hand in their afflictions.
2. They learn his statutes.
3. They prefer his word to all earthly treasures; and, 4. They persevere in this heavenly disposition, because they continue to depend on God.
LETTER Y YOD. - TENTH DIVISION
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 65-72 - However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snare of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave ou concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful Benefactor; incline our hearts to faith and obedience. The psalmist will go on in his duty with constanc and resolution. The proud are full of the world, and its wealth an pleasures; these make them senseless, secure, and stupid. God visit his people with affliction, that they may learn his statutes. Not onl God's promises, but even his law, his percepts, though hard to ungodl men, are desirable, and profitable, because they lead us with safet and delight unto eternal life.
Original Hebrew
טוב 2896 לי תורת 8451 פיך 6310 מאלפי 505 זהב 2091 וכסף׃ 3701
