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Psalms 119:69
69Arrogant people have smeared me with lies, ⌞yet⌟ I obey your guiding principles 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 you made me suffer, I used to wander off, but now I hold on to your word. 68You are good, and you do good things. Teach me your laws. Arrogant people have smeared me with lies, ⌞yet⌟ I obey your guiding principles with all my heart. 70Their hearts are cold and insensitive, ⌞yet⌟ I am happy with your teachings. 71It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:69 word by word
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 people bring charges against me. They ask me things I know nothing about.
- Psalms 109:2Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.
- Job 13:4But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians.
- Jeremiah 43:2Azariah (son of Hoshaiah), Johanan (son of Kareah), and all the arrogant people said to Jeremiah, “You’re lying! The Lord our God didn’t send you to tell us that we must not go to live in Egypt.
- Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, lie, and say all kinds of evil things about you because of me.
- Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole council were searching for false testimony to use against Jesus in order to execute him.
- Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a troublemaker. He starts quarrels among all Jews throughout the world. He’s a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.
- Psalms 119:51Arrogant people have mocked me with cruelty, yet I have not turned away from your teachings.
- Psalms 119:34Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings. I will guard them with all my heart.
- Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters. He will hate the first master and love the second, or he will be devoted to the first and despise the second. You cannot serve God and wealth.
- James 1:8A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can’t make up his mind about anything.
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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