Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
King James Version
In Context
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Psalms 119:157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to 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 →