John Chrysostom, on Ps 18:10

“The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves.”

“[The words of God, the prophet says,] are "desirable above gold and a very precious stone, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb," but they are so only to those in sound health. Therefore he added, "For your servant keeps them." And elsewhere again, after saying that they are sweet, he added, "to my palate." "How sweet to my palate," he says, "are your promises." And he goes on to insist on their excellence by the words "sweeter than honey and the honeycomb to my mouth," because he was in very sound health. Well, then, let us not on our part approach these words in ill health, but let us receive nourishment from them, after having restored our souls to health.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.