בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ עֵדְוֺתֶ֥יךָ שַׂ֗שְׂתִּי כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־הֽוֹן׃
Sa daan ng Iyong mga patotoo ay nagagalak ako, na gaya ng sa lahat ng kayamanan.
Duties of the Heart
* Another sign: Joy and gladness in G-d and in knowing Him, and longing to find favor with Him, delighting in love of Him, clinging to His torah, compassion on those who fear Him, as written: "I am a friend to all who fear You and to those who keep your precepts"(Tehilim 119:63), and "All who seek You shall exult and rejoice" (Tehilim 40:17), and "I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches" (Tehilim 119:14), and "Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart" (Tehilim 119:111), and "Yet, I will rejoice in the L-ord; I will jubilate in the G-d of my salvation" (Chavakuk 3:18).
Sefer HaIkkarim
Chapter six maintains that human acts do not all lead to the realization of the purpose of man. The difficulty is pointed out of drawing a line of demarcation between those acts which do and those which do not lead to human perfection. It is explained how this can be done and it is maintained that the joy or the sorrow resulting from an act is a good criterion, as is proved from the verses Jeremiah 2, 19 and Psalm 119, 14.