Psalms 119:162
I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
BSB
ASV
I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
KJV
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. At having it, which is a distinguishing blessing; all are not favoured with it; and is an inestimable treasure, a field in which a treasure lies; which those that find rejoice at, and especially at the understanding of it, as Kimchi notes: for such only delight in it who spiritually understand it, or have an application of it to them; find it, and eat it, and then it is the joy and rejoicing of their hearts.
Instead of fearing his persecutors, he fears God's Word alone (Lu 12:4, 5). The Jews inscribe in the first page of the great Bible (Ge 28:17), "How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
leads to
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as…
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Through
Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
leads to
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Through
Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
leads to
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
