Psalms 119:69
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
In Context
68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
70Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
Psalms 119:157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
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.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:69
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Here, 1. David praises God's goodness and gives him the glory of it: Thou art good and doest good. All who have any knowledge of God and dealings with him wilt own that he does good, and therefore will conclude that he is good. The streams of God's goodness are so numerous, and run so full, so strong, to all the creatures, that we must conclude the fountain that is in himself to be inexhaustible. We cannot conceive how much good our God does every day, much… Read the whole commentary →