Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Esteemed - rather, laid up-namely, as a treasure found (Matthew 13:44; Psalms 119:11) х tsaapantiy (H6845)]: alluding to the words of Eliphaz (Job 22:22), There was no need to tell me so; I have done so already (Jeremiah 15:16).
Necessary - `appointed portion' (of food: as in Proverbs 30:8). Umbreit and Maurer translate, 'More than my law' х chuqiy (H2706)]; my own will, in antithesis to 'the words of His mouth' (John 6:38). How difficult it is for man to prefer Gods laws to those of his own will! Probably, under the general term, 'what is appointed to me' (the same Hebrew is in Job 23:14), all that ministers to the appetites of the body and carnal will is included.