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Psalms 119:69
69The arrogant have smeared me with lies, but I obey your precepts with all my heart.
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. The arrogant have smeared me with lies, but I obey your precepts with all my heart. 70Their hearts are hard and insensitive, but I delight in your instruction. 71It was good for me to be afflicted so that I could learn your statutes.
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טָפְל֬וּ עָלַ֣י שֶׁ֣קֶר זֵדִ֑ים אֲ֝נִ֗י בְּכָל־לֵ֤ב׀ אֱצֹּ֬ר פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:69
- Psalms 35:11Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.
- Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Job 13:4You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers.
- Jeremiah 43:2then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the other arrogant men responded to Jeremiah, “You are speaking a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to stay there for a while!’
- Matthew 5:11“You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
- Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death,
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant constantly ridicule me, but I do not turn away from your instruction.
- Psalms 119:34Help me understand your instruction, and I will obey it and follow it with all my heart.
- Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- James 1:8being double-minded and 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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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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