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Psalms 119:72 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. "
Psalms 119:72
Verse in Context
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70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
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This is why David said that when suffering taught him God’s statutes, the gain was greater than the loss. What he learned through affliction made him a real winner, because God’s law, which he came to know through pain, was worth more to him than all the gold and silver he lost.
David had only a small part of God’s written word compared with what we have today, yet he valued it deeply. That should make us ashamed if we have the full Old and New Testaments and still treat them as if they were of little value. He prized the law because it came from God’s mouth, meaning it revealed God’s will and carried God’s own authority.
He also had a great deal of gold and silver compared with what many of us have, yet he valued it very little. His wealth increased, but he did not set his heart on it. He set his heart on God’s word, because it gave him better joy, better support, and a better inheritance than all the treasures he owned.
Anyone who has read and believed David’s Psalms and Solomon’s Ecclesiastes cannot help but place God’s word far above the riches of this world.
From This Chapter
Psalms 119:1
"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law."
Psalms 119:2
"Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart."
Psalms 119:3
"Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways."
Psalms 119:4
"You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them."
Psalms 119:5
"Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!"
Psalms 119:6
"Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments."
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