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Psalm 19:8
The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
6His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.
7The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
8The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever. The LORD’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
10They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
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A rejoicing heart and enlightened eyes may challenge your sense of what commands do: God’s precepts bring joy, and his commandment gives light.
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Psalm 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.Both passages describe God’s word through light: a commandment enlightens the eyes, and a lamp lights the path.
Psalm 12:6The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.The purity of the LORD’s commandment corresponds to his flawless words, pictured as silver refined in a furnace.
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 passages connect God’s words with a rejoicing heart; Jeremiah describes that joy as his own experience.
Proverbs 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Both affirm the quality of God’s speech: his commandment is pure, and every word of God is flawless.
Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,Both connect the commandment with light, describing instruction that helps people see.
Psalm 119:128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEBoth affirm that God’s precepts are right; Psalm 119 adds the speaker’s rejection of every false way.
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.Both describe God’s speech as a source of understanding, through enlightened eyes in the psalm and wisdom in Proverbs.
Psalm 119:92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.Both describe joy in God’s instruction; Psalm 119 speaks of delight in the law amid affliction.
Romans 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,The heart’s rejoicing in God’s precepts shares a thread with Paul’s inward delight in God’s law.
Romans 3:20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.Both connect God’s instruction with clearer sight; Romans specifies knowledge of sin and denies that works of law justify.
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless …The shared thread is understanding through God’s instruction; Paul describes learning what coveting is through a commandment.
Deuteronomy 4:5–6Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to …Both speak of instruction from the LORD; Deuteronomy describes Moses teaching the statutes and ordinances God commanded.
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The joy described here has a firm ground: YHWH’s precepts are right. His commandment is pure, and the light it brings reaches human eyes.
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