Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
Open English Bible (US)
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
68You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
70Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Violent witnesses rise, and ask of me things that I know not.
Psalms 119:2Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
Psalms 119:157My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people insult you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.
Matthew 26:59Meanwhile the chief priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,
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 →