John Gill Commentary Psalms 119:112

"I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end. SAMEKH." — Psalms 119:112 (ASV)

I have inclined mine heart to perform your statutes alway ,
&c.] He had prayed to God to incline his heart to them, (Psalms 119:36); and by the grace of God his heart was inclined to obedience to them; and nothing but that can incline the heart, which is naturally averse to them: the carnal mind is not subject to the law of God, nor it can be, until it is made so by the grace of God, (Romans 8:7); and by this the psalmist had prevailed upon his heart to keep the statutes of the Lord, and do them, and that continually; for a good man is desirous of being steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord;

[even to] the end ;
the end of life, as long as he lived. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin version render it, "for a recompense"; and the Arabic version, "for an eternal recompense"; but the Ethiopic version the reverse, "not for a recompense", or benefit: which latter is the truth, though neither of them a right version; for the statutes are to be kept, not for the sake of a recompense of reward, but from love to God, and in duty to him, without any mercenary views; though the word does sometimes signify "a reward", and may be rendered here, "for ever [there is] a reward" ^F9 ; as there is "in," though not "for," keeping the commands; see (Psalms 19:11).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (bqe Mlwel) "in aeternum est retributio", Clarius.