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span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.19.1" class="versetxt"> 1 もろもろの天は神の栄光をあらわし、大空はみ手のわざをしめす。2 この日は言葉をかの日につたえ、この夜は知識をかの夜につげる。3 話すことなく、語ることなく、その声も聞えないのに、4 その響きは全地にあまねく、その言葉は世界のはてにまで及ぶ。神は日のために幕屋を天に設けられた。5 日は花婿がその祝のへやから出てくるように、また勇士が競い走るように、その道を喜び走る。6 それは天のはてからのぼって、天のはてにまで、めぐって行く。その暖まりをこうむらないものはない。7 主のおきては完全であって、魂を生きかえらせ、主のあかしは確かであって、無学な者を賢くする。8 主のさとしは正しくて、心を喜ばせ、主の戒めはまじりなくて、眼を明らかにする。9 主を恐れる道は清らかで、とこしえに絶えることがなく、主のさばきは真実であって、ことごとく正しい。10 これらは金よりも、多くの純金よりも慕わしく、また蜜よりも、蜂の巣のしたたりよりも甘い。11 あなたのしもべは、これらによって戒めをうける。これらを守れば、大いなる報いがある。12 だれが自分のあやまちを知ることができましようか。どうか、わたしを隠れたとがから解き放ってください。13 また、あなたのしもべを引きとめて、故意の罪を犯させず、これに支配されることのないようにしてください。そうすれば、わたしはあやまちのない者となって、大いなるとがを免れることができるでしょう。14 わが岩、わがあがないぬしなる主よ、どうか、わたしの口の言葉と、心の思いがあなたの前に喜ばれますように。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Affections;   Word of God;   Scofield Reference Index - Redemption;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Gold;   Honey;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Judges;   Obedience;   Righteousness;   Servants;   Wealth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Affections, the;   Conduct, Christian;   Gold;   Honey;   Reproof;   Scriptures, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Astronomy;   Honey;   Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Create, Creation;   Light;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Meditation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gold;   Honey;   Poetry;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bells;   Honey;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Honey;   Psalms;   Sin;   World;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Honey;   Honey ;   Messiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Honey;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Old - golden;   Honey;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Sin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Fine;   Food;   Gold;   Honey;   Law in the Old Testament;   Psalms, Book of;   Purity;   Revelation;   Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ḳodashim;   Paradise;   Poetry;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for February 8;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 20;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 24;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

than gold: Psalms 119:72, Psalms 119:127, Job 28:15-17, Proverbs 3:13-15, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 8:19, Proverbs 16:16

sweeter: Psalms 63:5, Psalms 119:103, Job 23:12, Proverbs 24:13

honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honey-combs, 1 Samuel 14:26-29

Reciprocal: Job 28:13 - knoweth Psalms 119:14 - rejoiced Proverbs 2:4 - thou Proverbs 2:10 - General Proverbs 3:17 - ways of Proverbs 16:24 - an Proverbs 22:18 - it is Proverbs 24:14 - shall the Ecclesiastes 2:14 - one Song of Solomon 5:16 - mouth Jeremiah 15:16 - thy word Ezekiel 3:3 - it was 1 Corinthians 3:12 - gold Revelation 10:10 - sweet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

More to be desired [are they] than gold,.... This refers to all the truths in the word of God; to all the doctrines of the Gospel; which, by good men, are more desirable, and by them more prized and valued, than all worldly riches and treasure;

yea, than much fine gold: more than gold, and the best of gold, and a great deal of it, than thousands of gold and silver; see Psalms 119:72 Proverbs 8:10;

sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb; or "the dropping of the honeycombs" h, which is the purest and sweetest of the honey; and what honey is to the natural taste of men, that is the Gospel, and the truths of it, to the spiritual taste of believers, Psalms 119:103; and when the presence of Christ is enjoyed, his love is shed abroad, and the blessings of his grace are partook of, the ordinances of the Gospel are very delightful, Song of Solomon 2:3; eloquence, and eloquent orators, are sometimes described by mellifluous words; or by their expressions being like honey, and sweeter than that i.

h נופת צופים "stillatione favorum", Vatablus, Rivetus, Cocceius; so Ainsworth. i του και απο γλωσσης, Homer. Iliad. 1. v. 249.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

More to be desired are they than gold - That is, his law; or, as in the preceding verse, his judgments. They are more valuable than gold; they are of such a nature that the soul should more desire to be in possession of them than to be in possession of gold, and should value them more. The psalmist here and in the following verses describes his estimate of the worth of revealed truth as he perceived it. In the previous verses he had shown its value in the abstract; he here speaks of his own feelings in regard to it, and shows that he esteems it more than he did the objects most prized and valued among men.

Yea, than much fine gold - The word used here - פז pâz - means properly that which is purified or pure, and thus becomes an epithet of gold, particularly of gold that is purified. It is rendered fine gold here, as in Psalms 119:127; Proverbs 8:19; Song of Solomon 5:11, Song of Solomon 5:15; Isaiah 13:12; Lamentations 4:2; and pure gold in Psalms 21:3. The word does not occur elsewhere. Gold is an article of principal value among men; and the object here is to show that to a pious mind the revealed truth of God is esteemed to be the most valuable of all things - a treasure above all which men can accumulate, and all which men can prize. Every truly pious heart will respond to the sentiment expressed here.

Sweeter also than honey - Honey, the sweetest of all substances, and regarded as an article of luxury, or as most grateful to the taste. It entered largely into the food of the inhabitants of Palestine, as it does now in Switzerland and in some parts of Africa. The idea is that the truth of God, as revealed, is more grateful to the heart, or affords more pleasure to the soul, than that which is esteemed as the highest luxury to the palate. The meaning is, that it is loved; it is pleasant; it is agreeable; it is not regarded merely as necessary, and admitted to the soul because it is needful, as medicine is, but it is received into the soul because it is delighted in, or is more agreeable and pleasant than the most luscious article of food is to the taste. To this, also, the heart of every one who “has tasted the good word of God” will respond.

And the honeycomb - Margin, dropping of honeycombs. So the Hebrew. The allusion is to honey that drops from the combs, and therefore the most pure honey. That which is pressed from the combs will have almost inevitably a mixture of bee-bread and of the combs themselves. That which naturally flows from the comb will be pure.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 19:10. More to be desired are they than gold — This is strictly true; but who believes it? By most men gold is preferred both to God and his judgments; and they will barter every heavenly portion for gold and silver!

Sweeter also than honey — To those whose mental taste is rectified, who have a spiritual discernment.

Honey-comb. — Honey is sweet; but honey just out of the comb has a sweetness, richness and flavour, far beyond what it has after it becomes exposed to the air. Only those who have eaten of honey from the comb can feel the force of the psalmist's comparison: it is better than gold, yea, than fine gold in the greatest quantity; it is sweeter than honey, yea, than honey from the comb.


 
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