Psalms 119:69
Proud people have told many lies about me, but the truth is that with all my inner being I obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Psalms 35:11People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know anything about.
Psalms 119:2Yahweh is pleased with those who ◄obey his requirements/do what he has instructed them to do►, those who request him with their entire inner beings to help them to do that.
Psalms 119:51Proud people are always making fun of me, but I do not ◄turn away from/stop► obeying your laws.
Psalms 119:157Many people are my enemies and many people ◄cause me to suffer/persecute me►, but I ◄do not turn aside from/have not stopped obeying► [LIT] ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.
Matthew 5:11God is pleased with you when other people insult you, when other people do evil things to you and when other people say falsely that you are evil because you believe in me.
Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the rest of the Jewish Council were trying to find people who would tell lies about Jesus so that they could convince the Roman authorities to execute him.
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 →