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127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
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More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: …
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 127-128)David here, as often in this psalm, professes the great love he had to the word and law of God; and, to evidence the sincerity of it, observe, 1. The degree of his love. He loved his Bible better than he loved his money— above gold, yea, above fine gold . Gold, fine gold, is what most men set their hearts upon; nothing charms them and dazzles their eyes so much as gold does. It is fine gold, a fin…
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