The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 119:72 in context
Psalms 119:69–75
69
The proud have smeared a lie upon me.
With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70
Their heart is as callous as the fat,
but I delight in your law.
71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
72
Selected verse
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73
Your hands have made me and formed me.
Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74
Those who fear you will see me and be glad,
because I have put my hope in your word.
75
LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
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