Psalm 19:8

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Summary

Psalm 19:8

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Rejoicing

Is pure

Enlightening

General references

Deuteronomy 4:8

Proverbs 8:9

Bible References

Rejoicing

To do thy good-pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:

In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

then shall it be, that unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you, - your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow-offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh.

So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God - thou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst, - in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, - because they had understood the words which were made known unto them.

Yet didst thou meet Him who was rejoicing and working righteousness, Even them who in thy ways, remembered thee, - Lo! thou, hast been vexed, And truly we had sinned, Among them, was the prospect of an age to come , That we might be saved.

Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me the joy and gladness of my heart, - For thy Name hath been called upon me, O Yahweh God of hosts!

I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.

Is pure

The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times!

Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

So that, the law, indeed, is holy, and the commandment, holy, and righteous and good.

Enlightening

Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God, - Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death:

Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.

For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;

For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:

If, however, thou, art taking the name of Jew, and resting thyself upon law, and boasting in God,

Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him, - through law, in fact, is discovery of sin.

What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying - Thou shall not covet;

For, I, through means of law, unto law, died, that, unto God, I might live: -

For, as many as are of works of law, are, under a curse, - for it is written - Accursed, is everyone that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them.

General references

Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you to-day?

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.