Psalms 119:128

128 And so I follow all your instructions; I hate all wrong ways.

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 Lord, it is time for you to act, because people are disobeying your law.
127 I love your commands more than gold, more than the finest gold.
128 And so I follow all your instructions; I hate all wrong ways.
129 Your teachings are wonderful; I obey them with all my heart.
130 The explanation of your teachings gives light and brings wisdom to the ignorant.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] all your instructions; [Hebrew unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.