Psalms 119:29
Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
In Context
28My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
30I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
Psalms 119:104By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
Psalms 119:163I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
Proverbs 30:8Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,
Jeremiah 16:19O Lord, thou art my force, and my strength and my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles shall come vnto thee from the ends of the world, and shall say, Surely our fathers haue inherited lies, and vanitie, wherein was no profite.
Jonah 2:8They that waite vpon lying vanities, forsake their owne mercie.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:29-30
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. Here is, 1. David's representation of his own griefs: My soul melteth for heaviness, which is to the same purport with v. 25 , My soul cleaveth to the dust. Heaviness in the heart of man makes it to melt, to drop away like a candle that wastes. The penitent soul melts in sorrow for sin, and even the patient soul may melt in the sense of affliction, and it is then its… Read the whole commentary →