Psalms 119:69
Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
Young's Literal Translation
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
68Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
70Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
Psalms 119:2O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Psalms 119:51The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
Psalms 119:157Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
Matthew 5:11'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —
Matthew 26:59And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking 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 →