Psalms 119:30
The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
In Context
29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
31I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,
Joshua 24:15and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah — choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; — whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house — we serve Jehovah.'
Psalms 18:23And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
Psalms 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
Proverbs 1:29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
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 →