Psalms 119:69
The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
World English Bible
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 as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Psalms 119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
Psalms 119:157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put 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 →