John Calvin Commentary Psalms 119:127

"Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold." — Psalms 119:127 (ASV)

And therefore I have loved thy statutes above gold. This verse, I have no doubt, is connected with the preceding one; for otherwise the word therefore would be meaningless. Viewing it in this connection, I understand the Psalmist as suggesting that the reason he esteemed God’s law as more valuable than gold and precious stones was because he had firmly established in his mind the truth that, although God may tolerate wickedness for a time, the destruction of all uprightness and equity will not always go unpunished.

Indeed, the more he saw the wicked shamelessly indulging in wickedness, the more he was stirred by a holy indignation burning in his heart to love the law. This is a passage deserving of special attention, for the harmful influence of evil example is well known, with everyone thinking they may lawfully do whatever is commonly practiced around them.

Consequently, evil company sweeps us away like a storm. Therefore, we should meditate all the more diligently on this doctrine: that when the wicked claim for themselves unbridled liberty, we must contemplate God’s judgments with the eyes of faith, so that we may thereby be spurred on to observe the divine law.

If attention to this doctrine has been necessary from the beginning, today it is essential for us to make every effort so that we are not involved in violating God’s law along with the wicked conspiracy that almost the whole world has formed to violate it. The more outrageously the wicked boast, let our veneration for and our love of the divine law increase proportionally.