Psalms 119:128

128 and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

Psalms 119:128 in Other Translations

KJV
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
ESV
128 Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
NLT
128 Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.
MSG
128 Yea-Saying God, I honor everything you tell me, I despise every deceitful detour.
CSB
128 I carefully follow all Your precepts and hate every false way.

Psalms 119:128 Meaning and Commentary

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 all of them; making no difference either in his affection or practice between one and another, as being more or less necessary, just, and right: he had an equal respect to the lighter and weightier matters of the law; and, like Zacharias and Elisabeth, walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless; looking upon them all, with respect to everything commanded or forbidden by them, to be just and equitable;

[and] I hate every false way;
every command, institution, and ordinance of men, which are opposed to the will of God; every false way of worship, all superstition and idolatry; every false doctrine whatsoever is contrary to the testimonies and word of God: and indeed where there is a true love of the word, worship, and ordinances of God, there must be an hatred of these.

Psalms 119:128 In-Context

126 It is time for you to act, LORD; your law is being broken.
127 Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
128 and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
129 Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Psalms 19:8
  • 2. ver 104,163; Psalms 31:6; Proverbs 13:5
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