“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”
How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. The pedagogical question receives Torah-centered answer: youth maintain purity through observance of God's 'word.' This verse positions the law as the guardian of integrity.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:9
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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