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Psalm 119:162
I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
161Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
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“Great plunder” makes the joy of receiving God’s word vivid and substantial, raising the question of what you count as a great find.
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Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.Both describe finding God’s words as a cause for joy, with Jeremiah comparing receiving them to eating.
Psalm 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.Both compare rejoicing in what God has spoken with the delight of possessing wealth.
Psalm 119:72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODHBoth use wealth to express the value of God’s word, with verse 72 declaring God’s law better than gold and silver.
Psalm 119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.Both express joy in God’s revealed words, describing them through the language of plunder or a lasting heritage.
Psalm 119:45I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.Both describe a glad response to God’s instruction, though verse 45 emphasizes liberty and verse 162 emphasizes joy.
Isaiah 9:3You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the …Both compare joy before God with the rejoicing of people who gain plunder.
1 Samuel 30:16When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they …Both link great plunder with celebration; Samuel describes people rejoicing over goods taken from Philistine and Judean lands.
Proverbs 3:14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.Both use material wealth as a measure of worth: the psalm compares joy to plunder, while Proverbs describes profit better than gold.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.Both connect receiving instruction with wealth, though Proverbs makes an explicit choice of instruction over silver.
Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.Both describe inward delight in receiving truth: rejoicing at God’s word in the psalm and pleasure in knowledge in Proverbs.
Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.Both describe pleasure associated with words: the psalm celebrates God’s word, and Proverbs speaks of keeping words within.
Luke 18:30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”The shared thread is gain: the psalm celebrates God’s word as plunder, while Luke speaks of receiving more now and eternal life.
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The speaker has just named persecution without cause. His joy does not erase that trouble; even there, God’s word is a source of gladness.
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