תהלים, פרק קי״ט, פסוק קע״א

Deep gratitude for the privilege of learning God's wisdom naturally overflows into continuous praise. Throughout his broader prayer, the psalmist pleads six separate times for God to teach him His laws. Reaching a point of spiritual completion, he is assured that his requests have been answered. In this seventh instance, the asking stops and transforms entirely into gratitude, acknowledging that God has indeed become his teacher [מלבי״ם].

The primary approach among commentators is that this praise is a direct response to a specific condition. When God imparts His laws to a person, praise inevitably follows [אבן עזרא, מצודת דוד, מאירי]. The very reality that God Himself steps in to personally teach a human being is a profound reason for celebration [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. This expression of gratitude is not ordinary speech. It is a constant, uninterrupted outpouring, much like a natural spring that flows endlessly with water [רד״ק, מאירי].

Furthermore, the praise specifically emerges from the lips, which represent external, physical speech, as opposed to the tongue, which symbolizes internal, intellectual thought [מלבי״ם]. This highlights how divine instruction profoundly impacts the physical body. The laws being taught are commandments whose underlying reasons are not immediately obvious to human logic, and naturally, the physical body might resist them. Yet, when God directly grants spiritual understanding and enlightenment, similar to the historical revelation at Mount Sinai, the human body undergoes a deep sanctification. It reaches a state where even the physical, material lips find joy in these laws and naturally pour forth praise [אלשיך].