Psalms 119:30
The way of truth have I chosen: thy ordinances have I set [before me].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
In Context
29The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law.
31I have adhered 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 in thy heart:
Joshua 24:15And if it be displeasing in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Psalms 18:23(18:24) I was also upright with him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law.
Psalms 119:111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 1:29For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
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 →