Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: with my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Revised Version 1895
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
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 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not swerved from thy law.
Psalms 119:157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not swerved from they testimonies.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness 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 →