119:47 I will find delight in your commands,
which I love.
119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. 1
119:77 May I experience your compassion, 2 so I might live!
For I find delight in your law.
119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,
for they give me joy. 3
119:127 For this reason 4 I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,
like one who finds much plunder. 5
1 tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”
2 tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”
3 tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”
4 tn “For this reason” connects logically with the statement made in v. 126. Because the judgment the psalmist fears (see vv. 119-120) is imminent, he remains loyal to God’s law.
5 tn Heb “like one who finds great plunder.” See Judg 5:30. The image is that of a victorious warrior who finds a large amount of plunder on the field of battle.