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Psalms 119:127

119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

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Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.

119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

What does Psalms 119:127 mean?

Psalms 119:127 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָהַב (ʼâhab), מִצְוָה (mitsvâh), זָהָב (zâhâb).

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Therefore
I
loveאָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
thy
commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh/mits-vaw'/H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
above
gold;זָהָבzâhâb/zaw-hawb'/H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
yea,
above
fine
gold.פָּזpâz/pawz/H6337pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:127.

Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

Deuteronomy 11:13

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 11:22

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

Deuteronomy 5:10

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Exodus 20:6

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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What does Psalms 119:127 say?

Psalms 119:127 (King James Version) reads: "Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold."

Is Psalms 119:127 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:127 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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