Psalms 119:128

Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right,.... He had an impartial regard to all the commandments of God; and valued one as well as another, and walked according to

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Therefore I esteem all (thy) precepts (concerning) all (things to be) right; (and) I hate every false way.

Ver. 128. Therefore, for the reasons now mentioned, I do not make void all thy precepts, as they did, , nor yet am I partial in my approbation of them, as others are, who reject all such as are opposite to their lusts and interests; but I approve all of them without any exception, and that not only in my judgment, but in my heart and life, as appears by that hatred of sin which is opposed to it in the next clause.

Psalms 119:128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.Ver. 128. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right] "Therefore," from the same ground again as before, by a holy antiperistasis. I esteem, &c.] Rectificavi, I have declared them to be right in every part and point, against those that wrangle and wrest them to a wrong sense. I esteem every parcel of truth precious, and am an utter enemy to every heterodoxy. The many "alls" in this verse used (not unlike that in Ezekiel 44:30) showeth the integrity and universality of his obedience. "All" is but a little word, but of large extent. I hate every false way] Whether in point of opinion or practice; all sinful deviations and prevarications. Hatred is ever against the whole kind of a thing, saith Aristotle (Rhet. lib. 2.)

(128) Therefore I esteem.—As the text stands, this verse literally runs, Therefore all precepts of all I make straight. Every path of falsehood I hate. The LXX. and Vulg. have, “Therefore to all Thy commandments I was being directed. Every unjust path I hated,” which only necessitates a slight change in the reading of one word. It is true that the expression, all precepts of all, may be explained as a strengthened form of all precepts—as we say, “all and every”—though the passages (Ezekiel 44:30; Numbers 8:16) generally adduced are not strictly analogous. But the Lexicons supply no authority for taking the verb yâshar in the sense of “esteem right,” and the figure of the path in the next clause seems here plainly to fix its meaning. Translate, therefore, Therefore after all Thy precepts I direct (my way). Every false way I detest.

Verse 128. All thy precepts concerning all things to be right] There are too many supplied words here to leave the text unsuspected. All the ancient versions, except the Chaldee, seem to have omitted the second כל col, ALL and read the text thus: "Therefore I have walked straight in all thy precepts." I go straight on in all thy precepts, hating every false way. I neither turn to the right hand nor to the left; the false ways are crooked; thy way is straight. I am going to heaven, and that way lies straight before me. To walk in the way of falsity I cannot, because I hate it; and I hate such ways because God hates them. ANALYSIS OF LETTER AIN. - Sixteenth Division In this part the psalmist, I. Makes a profession of his integrity. II. Prays for protection against his enemies. III. Resolves to walk in the right way. I. He makes a profession of his integrity: - 1. "I have done judgment and justice." 2. Though he had done so, yet he was not free from calumny and oppression. He commends, therefore, his righteous cause to God: "Leave me not to mine oppressors." 3. "Be surety for thy servant:" give me an assurance that thou wilt stand by me. 4. "Let not the proud oppress me." For miserable are the destitute when they fall into such hands. II. He shows us how he had prayed against his enemies, and for God's salvation. "Mine eyes fail." My faith is almost gone, and the eye of my mind become dim. 2. It was the salvation of God he had in view: "For thy salvation." 3. The ground on which he prayed was the word of God's righteousness. He proceeds in his prayer; and begs God to deal with him as a needy servant, and also an ignorant scholar. 1. "Deal with thy servant." I am ready to do thy will; but treat me in thy mercy. 2. "Teach me thy statutes." I wish to learn what thy will is; and when I know it, faithfully to do it. He urges the same request, with nearly the same reasons for it: "I am thy servant." I am no stranger to thee. I have frequently come to thee to get grace to enable me to serve thee. I am one of thy domestics, a member of thy Church. He comes now with his complaint. 1. "It is time for thee to work." Thy enemies are strong, and thy people weak. 2. "They have made void thy law." They have entirely trampled it under foot. III. The zeal of the psalmist increased as the love of many waxed cold. 1. "Therefore," because they despise thy word, ordinances, and people. 2. "I love thy commandments." As they hate, so I love. When we love God's commandments, it is a sign that we have not received the grace of God in vain. 3.

128. I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right] The Heb. of the Mass. text is most awkward and is almost certainly corrupt. We must read either I esteem all thy precepts to be right (Syr., R.V. marg.; cp. P.B.V.), or with LXX (Vulg.), Jer. according to all thy precepts I direct my goings (cp. Proverbs 11:5; Proverbs 15:21), which gives a good contrast to the following line, with which cp. Psalms 119:29; Psalms 119:104.

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right - literally, “Therefore all the commandments of all I regard as right.” The idea seems to be, that he regarded as right and just

ò, Ayin.121-128. Leave me not to mine oppressors—Let “him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.” Such is the line of thought in this division. In the pressure of evil the strongest has feelings of weakness.