John Calvin Commentary Psalms 119:24

"Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors. DALETH." — Psalms 119:24 (ASV)

Also Your testimonies are my delight. The particle גם, gam, connects this with the preceding verse. To adhere unflinchingly to our purpose when the world forms an unjust opinion of us, and, at the same time, constantly to meditate on God’s law, is an example of Christian fortitude rarely found.

The prophet now informs us how he overcame this temptation. Your testimonies, he says, are my delight: “Although the cruel injustice of men, in charging me falsely, grieves and annoys me, yet the pleasurable delight which I take in Your law is a sufficient recompense for it all.” He adds, that God’s testimonies are his counselors, by this we are to understand he did not simply rely on his own judgment, but took counsel from the word of God.

This point should be carefully considered, since we see how blind affection predominates in directing the lives of men. From where does the avaricious man seek counsel, but from the erroneous principle he has assumed, that riches are superior to everything? Why does the ambitious man aspire to nothing so much as power, but because he regards nothing equal to holding an honorable rank in the world?

It is not surprising, therefore, that men are so grievously misled, since they surrender to the direction of such evil counselors. Guided by the word of God, and prudently yielding obedience to its dictates, there will then be no opening for the deceits of our flesh and the delusions of the world, and we will stand invincible against all the assaults of temptation.