Vs, 72 — The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

William Cowper:

This it is that makes us rich unto God, when our souls are storehouses, filled with the treasures of his word. Shall we think it poverty to be scant of gold and silver? An ideo angelus pauper est, quia non habet jumenta, etc.  Shall we esteem the angels poor, because they have not flocks of cattle? or that S. Peter was poor, because he had not gold nor silver to give unto the cripple? No, he had store of grace, by infinite degrees more excellent than it.
Let the riches of gold be left unto worldlings: these are not current in Canaan, not accounted of in our heavenly country. If we would be in any estimation there, let us enrich our souls with spiritual graces, which we have in abundance in the mines and treasures of the word of God.

Prayer:

The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver. Your word, Your instructions are more valuable to me than anything that this world calls treasure. Your word, my God, leads me to You. Your word reveals my dependence upon You and the grace that keeps me. Your word gives me wisdom that this world cannot have. Your word inspires, lifts me up, and feeds me. Your word fills my heart with joy and peace. Nothing in this temporal world, be it gold and silver or popularity and fame, can compare to Your word in my life. Thank You, O’Lord, for the grace to receive and understand Your word.