The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 19:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; rather, the precepts of the Lord are right. Another of the many synonyms under which the Law may be spoken of (see Dr. Kay's preface to the hundred and nineteenth psalm).

God's precepts "rejoice the heart" of the godly. They are not felt as stern commands, but as gracious intimations of what God desires man to do for his own good. The commandment of the Lord is pure; i.

e. spotless, clean, without fault (comp. Psalms 19:7, "The Law of the Lord is perfect"). Enlightening the eyes; i.e. giving light to the intellect.

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