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Psalm 119:129

Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE
129Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
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Notice

“Therefore” links wonder with obedience: the speaker finds God's testimonies so worthy of awe that keeping them becomes the response of the soul.

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Psalm 93:5Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forever more.Both passages esteem God's instruction: Psalm 119 calls his testimonies wonderful, and Psalm 93 declares his statutes firm.
Psalm 25:10All the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.Both passages speak of keeping God's testimonies; Psalm 25 connects this with the loving kindness and truth of his paths.
Psalm 139:6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.Both passages express awe: one at God's testimonies, the other at knowledge the speaker cannot attain.
Psalm 119:18Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.Both connect wonder with God's instruction: one asks for eyes to see it, while the other declares it and responds with obedience.
Isaiah 25:1The LORD, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and …Both describe something of God as wonderful and respond: the psalm with obedience to his testimonies, Isaiah with praise for his deeds.
Revelation 19:10I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony …Both describe people committed to testimony: the psalm's speaker keeps God's testimonies, and Revelation names those who hold the testimony of Jesus.
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, …The shared language is wonder: the psalm describes God's testimonies as wonderful, while Isaiah names the child “Wonderful Counselor.”
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Encouragement

Obedience has room for wonder. Here, the speaker's resolve to keep God's testimonies grows from their worth: what God has spoken is wonderful.

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