Psalms 119:69

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 keep Your word. 68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. 70Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law. 71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

Psalms 119:69 word by word

טָפְל֬וּ עָלַ֣י שֶׁ֣קֶר זֵדִ֑ים אֲ֝נִ֗י בְּכָל־לֵ֤ב׀ אֱצֹּ֬ר פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Though the arrogantזֵדzêd · arrogantH2086
• have smeared meטָפַלţâphal · to smearH2950
• have smeared meעַל‛al · uponH5921
• with liesשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• keepנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• Your preceptsפִּקּוּדpiqqûd piqqûd · preceptH6490
• with allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Psalms 119:69

• Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
• Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
• Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
• Jeremiah 43:2Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
• Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
• Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
• Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
• Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
• Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
• Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• James 1:8He is a double-minded 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

Topics related to Psalms 119:69

• Falsehood
• Heart
• Instruction
• Persecution
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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