Discovery BoxPsalms 119:111 
Context119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,
for they give me joy. 1
Psalms 119:126-128
Context119:126 It is time for the Lord to act –
they break your law!
119:127 For this reason 2 I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. 3
I hate all deceitful actions. 4
1 tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “for this reason all the precepts of everything I regard as right.” The phrase “precepts of everything” is odd. It is preferable to take the kaf (כ) on כֹּל (kol, “everything) with the preceding form as a pronominal suffix, “your precepts,” and the lamed (ל) with the following verb as an emphatic particle. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 138.
4 tn Heb “every false path.”
