American Standard Version
Psalms 119:69
69The proud have forged a lie against me:With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Psalms 119:69 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;
- New King James Version (NKJV)The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
Context of Psalms 119:69
67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word. 68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes. The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts. 70Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law. 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:69 word by word
טָפְל֬וּ עָלַ֣י שֶׁ֣קֶר זֵדִ֑ים אֲ֝נִ֗י בְּכָל־לֵ֤ב׀ אֱצֹּ֬ר פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:69
- Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
- Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
- Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.
- Jeremiah 43:2then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
- Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
- Psalms 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yethave I not swerved from thy law.
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- James 1:8a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 69The proud have forged a lie - The poor captives in Babylon had their conduct and motives continually misrepresented, and themselves belied and calumniated.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 69The proud - The psalmist had before referred to the “proud” as those from whom he had suffered injury, or as having been exposed to their derision. See the notes at Psalm 119:51. He here reverts to another form in which he had suffered from them. Have forged a lie against me - Compare Job 13:4. The word rendered “forged,” means to patch together; and then it is applied to charges or accusations against anyone, perhaps from their being made up (as they…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 65-72Verses 65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 65-72Teth (ט) is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist admits his sin and gratefully accepts the Lord's discipline.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 69-7069-70. The crafty malice of the wicked, in slandering him, so far from turning him away, but binds him closer to God's Word, which they are too stupid in sin to appreciate. Hengstenberg refers the "lie" to such slanders against the Jews during the captivity, as that in Ezr 4:1-6, of sedition.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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