Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; Thine ordinances have I set before me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
In Context
29Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.
31I cleave unto Thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.'
Psalms 18:23(18-24) And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously.
Psalms 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Proverbs 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
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 →