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Commentary for Psalms 19:9

פִּקּ֘וּדֵ֤י יְהוָ֣ה יְ֭שָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי־לֵ֑ב מִצְוַ֥ת יְהוָ֥ה בָּ֝רָ֗ה מְאִירַ֥ת עֵינָֽיִם׃

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Rashi on Psalms

clear Shining.
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Radak on Psalms

The treasures of the Lord: – We should have interpreted פקודי as "commandments" in accordance with its Targum, only that he speaks afterwards of the commandment of the Lord; so we interpret פקודי here on the analogy of "And the food shall be for a store (פקדון)" (Gen. 41:36), where the meaning is that of treasuring and depositing. They are the things about which reason teaches. He says of them also that they
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Radak on Psalms

are right: – There is in them no perversion nor crookedness, for if they were not so reason would not be teaching concerning them. And for this cause they
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Radak on Psalms

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