Ayin - Psalm 119:121-128 Series

This is why all our prayers for others should be for their salvation & reconciliation before God. It should never be for punishment for their actions…although as humans we tend to WANT to see those who hurt us be punished! But we should pray for their forgiveness and deliverance because we have ALL been there at one time or another![show verse]

127Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold. OR Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold.

In this verse the psalmist is revealing to the best of his ability how valuable he believes God’s word is in his life! As humans we place value on things we care about… things we love!

In a marriage we value our spouses and our children because we love them… we value them higher than any other person and we value them higher than any other material thing…

We love them and place high value on them because they are our loved ones… they are our family! Here the psalmist is revealing his love for God’s word… he placed the highest of material value onto God’s word as he declared it more valuable than the finest of gold…

Another perspective about this verse is that the psalmist believed that God’s Word was far more valuable than any wealth…

Matthew Henry in his commentary on Psalm 119:127 we find him telling that the word of God answers all purposes and situations in life… FAR better than money does!

This is because it enriches the soul towards God; and therefore the psalmist loves it FAR better than gold, for it had done for him what gold could not do, and would hold fast during the difficult times of life when the wealth of the world would fail him.

Do we place God’s word OVER all when it comes to value in our lives? Do we find God’s wisdom and discernment to be the thing we seek after and know will benefit us greatly?

I believe far too often we place TOO much value on the things of this world and NOT enough value on the things of God! When we are studying God’s word this is revealed to us and we are able to discern the RIGHT value of all things!

We can come to the same conclusion as the psalmist in that God’s word is the most valuable possession one can ever attain… it is a gift FROM God out of His love for His creation, but a gift that we must put into practice in our lives to see benefit from it! Do you value God’s word as you should?

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128Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way. OR Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.

Finally in this section, after giving God’s word the highest of value in his life… the psalmist makes the declaration of God’s precepts being right in his sight!

This could seem rather presumptuous of the psalmist but this is NOT his approval of God’s word… The psalmist is NOT saying here that he has looked at God’s word and God has his approval…