Psalms 119:69
The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts.
Leeser Tanakh
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 doing good: teach me thy statutes.
70Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11There rise up witnesses of violence; concerning what I know not they question me.
Psalms 119:2Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
Psalms 119:51The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law.
Psalms 119:157Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
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 →