Psalms 119:29
Stop me fooling myself; kindly teach me your law.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
In Context
28I'm weeping because I'm so sad; please encourage me as you promised.
30I have chosen to trust in you. I always pay attention to what you say.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5May I be reliable in the way I keep your rules!
Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from what you say, so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.
Psalms 119:163I hate and detest lies, but I love your teachings.
Proverbs 30:8Keep me from being false, help me not to tell lies. Don't make me poor or rich; just provide me with the food I need.
Jeremiah 16:19Lord, you are my strength and my fortress, my safe place in the time of trouble. Nations will come to you from all over the earth, and they will say, “The religion of our forefathers was a total lie! The idols they worshiped were useless—no good at all.
Jonah 2:8Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:29-30
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. Here is, 1. David's representation of his own griefs: My soul melteth for heaviness, which is to the same purport with v. 25 , My soul cleaveth to the dust. Heaviness in the heart of man makes it to melt, to drop away like a candle that wastes. The penitent soul melts in sorrow for sin, and even the patient soul may melt in the sense of affliction, and it is then its… Read the whole commentary →