Psalms 119:80
Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
In Context
79Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
81CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:16This day the Lord thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
2 Chronicles 15:17But the high-places were not removed out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Assa was entire all his days.
2 Chronicles 31:20And the like did Hezekiah in all Judah, and he did what is good and right and true before the Lord his God.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness guard me; for I wait on thee.
Psalms 119:6Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments.
Ezekiel 11:9And I will remove you out of the midst of it, and I will give you up into the hand of strangers, and will execute punishments among you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:79-80
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Here David shows, I. How little he valued the will—will of sinners. There were those that dealt perversely with him, that were peevish and ill-conditioned towards him, that sought advantages against him, and misconstrued all he said and did. Even those that deal most fairly may meet with those that deal perversely.… Read the whole commentary →