Psalms 19:9

"The LORD’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. The LORD’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes."

Key Reflection

The Lord's precepts bring joy and satisfaction to the heart, indicating their inherent goodness and appeal. Similarly, His commandments are纯净和光明的，意味着它们纯洁无瑕并能照亮心灵。这两句诗强调了遵从神旨意带来的内在喜悦与精神明澈。

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The fear of the Lord -The word rendered fear in this place -יראהyir'âh- means properly fear, terror,Jonah 1:10; then, reverence, or holy fear,Psalms 2:11;Psalms 5:7; and hence, reverence toward God, piety, religion - in which sense it is often used. CompareProverbs 1:7;Job 28:28;Isaiah 11:2. Hence, by metonymy, it means the precepts of piety or religion. It is used evidently in this sense here, as referring to revelation, or to revealed truth, in the sense that it promotes proper reverence for God, or secures a proper regard for his name and worship.

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