Comentário sobre Salmos 19:9

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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

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

rejoice the heart: – for the wise man rejoices over his understanding; and when it gains control over the body and leads it in the ways of understanding there is no joy in the world like that joy, which is the joy of the soul. For this reason he says rejoicing the heart, and does not say rejoicing "man," for man rejoices in the lusts of the world; but the understanding – that is, the heart – rejoices only in the ways of understanding. And so it says (Ps. cxix. iii): "For they are the rejoicing of my heart." And he says:

The commandment of the Lord is pure: – Every single commandment wherever it is is pure and bright without any alloy: and it

enlightens the eyes: – because people who are without the commandments walk in darkness, for the commandments give light to the heart and are the steps by which to ascend to the great Glory.