Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 119:29
29Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Psalms 119:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
- New International Version (NIV)Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously.
Context of Psalms 119:29
27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders. 28My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law. 30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. 31I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:29 word by word
דֶּֽרֶךְ־שֶׁ֭קֶר הָסֵ֣ר מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ חָנֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:29
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Psalms 141:3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
- Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Psalms 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The way of lying - The propensity to falsity and prevarication, whatsoever is contrary to truth. Remove me from its solicitations, and remove it from me. "Grant me thy law graciously;" give it to me as a rule of moral conduct; but give it to me graciously through the gospel, and then it will not be the letter that killeth, but will be sanctified to me, so as to become to me holy, just, and Good.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Remove from me - Take it from me; cause it to depart; let me not be under its influence or power. The way of lying - Every false, deceitful, hypocritical way. We are not to suppose that the psalmist was addicted to lying, but that he felt he was, like all people, in danger of acting from false views, from wrong motives, or under the influence of delusion and deceit. It is a prayer that he might always be sincere and truthful. No man who knows his own…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-32Verses 25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in that way. The penitent…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29path of deceit: Self-deception comes from sinful human nature (Jeremiah 17:9). It leads to foolishness. Access to God’s word is a privilege, not a right.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3228-32. In order to adhere to His word, we must seek deliverance from temptations to sin as well as from despondency. enlarge--or, "expand" my heart--with gracious affections. HE. (Psa 119:33-40).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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