Discovery BoxPsalms 119:72 
Context119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. 1
Psalms 119:103
Context119:103 Your words are sweeter
in my mouth than honey! 2
Psalms 119:111
Context119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,
for they give me joy. 3
Psalms 119:127
Context119:127 For this reason 4 I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
1 tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”
2 tn Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew
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.
