Romans 7:12

7:12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:14

7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin. ¹ 

Romans 7:22

7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Psalms 119:127-128

119:127 For this reason ²  I love your commands

more than gold, even purest gold.

119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. ³ 

I hate all deceitful actions. ⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “under sin.”

² tn “For this reason” connects logically with the statement made in v. 126. Because the judgment the psalmist fears (see vv. 119-120) is imminent, he remains loyal to God’s law.

³ tn Heb “for this reason all the precepts of everything I regard as right.” The phrase “precepts of everything” is odd. It is preferable to take the kaf (כ) on כֹּל (kol, “everything) with the preceding form as a pronominal suffix, “your precepts,” and the lamed (ל) with the following verb as an emphatic particle. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 138.

⁴ tn Heb “every false path.”