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Psalms 119:29
29Stop me from living in a wrong way. Please be kind to me, so that I know 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
27Help me to understand what your teaching means. Then I will think carefully about the great things that you do. 28I am so sad that I feel very weak. Use your word to make me strong again. Stop me from living in a wrong way. Please be kind to me, so that I know your Law. 30I have chosen to live in the right way. I will continue to obey your rules. 31Yes, Lord, I will always respect your teaching. Please do not let me become ashamed.
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דֶּֽרֶךְ־שֶׁ֭קֶר הָסֵ֣ר מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ חָנֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:29
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from useless things. Use your word to help me to live.
- Psalms 141:3Lord, keep my mouth safe, so that I do not speak bad things.
- Proverbs 30:8Do not let me ever deceive people with lies. Do not let me be too rich or too poor. Give me only as much food as I need each day.
- Isaiah 44:20Someone like that is stupid enough to eat ashes. His mind has deceived him. He cannot save himself from his lies. He will not say to himself, ‘This thing that I hold in my right hand is completely false!’
- Jeremiah 16:19Lord, you give me strength. You are the safe place where I can hide. When I am in trouble, I can run to you and be safe. People will come from nations all over the earth, to give you honour. They will say, ‘Our ancestors worshipped false gods. Those gods were useless and they could not help us.
- Jonah 2:8Idols cannot help. People who worship them have turned away from a faithful God.
- Ephesians 4:22They taught you to change the way that you live. You must put away the nature that you had before. That old nature deceived you. As a result, you wanted to do things that would destroy you.
- 1 John 1:8If we say that we never do any wrong thing, we are deceiving ourselves. Even though we may think it is true, it is a lie.
- 1 John 2:4Someone may say, ‘I belong to God.’ But if he does not obey God's commands, that person is telling a lie. He is not living in the way that God's true message teaches us.
- Revelation 22:15But other people must stay outside the city: wicked people; people who do magic; people who have sex in a wrong way; people who murder other people; people who worship idols; everyone who likes to tell lies and deceive people.
- Psalms 119:5I want to be able to obey your laws all the time.
- Jeremiah 31:33‘Yes, I will make a new covenant with Israel's people at that time. It will be like this: I will put my law deep inside them, in their hearts and minds. I will be their God, and they will be my people.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Hebrews 8:10But now the Lord says this: After the time of that old agreement I will make a new agreement with Israel's people. It will be like this: I will put my laws into their thoughts. I will write my laws deep inside them. 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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