PSALMS 119:111 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.”
Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. The law ('Your decrees') constitutes the psalmist's eternal 'heritage,' providing joy ('joy of my heart'). This verse establishes the law as permanent possession and source of joy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:111
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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