Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me; but I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me Thy statutes.
70Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
Psalms 119:2Happy are they that keep His testimonies, that seek Him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not turned aside from Thy law.
Psalms 119:157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies.
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 →