Psalms 119:80
Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
In Context
79Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
81CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:16This day the Lord thy God doeth command thee to do these ordinances, and lawes: keepe them therefore, and do them with al thine heart, and with all thy soule.
2 Chronicles 15:17But the hie places were not taken away out of Israel: yet the heart of Asa was perfit all his dayes.
2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout al Iudah, and did well, and vprightly, and truely before the Lord his God.
Psalms 25:21Let mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee.
Psalms 119:6Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Ezekiel 11:9And I will bring you out of the middes thereof, and deliuer you into the hands of strangers, and will execute iudgements 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 →