“The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.”
The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes. The recognition that the earth manifests God's 'steadfast love' prompts petition for instruction ('teach me your statutes'). This verse connects creation's evidence of covenant love to the desire for Torah-knowledge.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:64
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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