Psalms 119 · Verse 29

Psalms 119:29

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Psalms 119:29, King James Version

Psalms 119:29 in other translations

BSBRemove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
WEBKeep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
ASVRemove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
YLTThe way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
DARBYRemove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
BBETake from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law.
WebsterRemove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

What does Psalms 119:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:28-32

28-32. In order to adhere to His word, we must seek deliverance from temptations to sin as well as from despondency. enlarge--or, "expand" my heart--with gracious affections. HE. (Psa 119:33-40).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 The way of lying - The propensity to falsity and prevarication, whatsoever is contrary to truth. Remove me from its solicitations, and remove it from me. "Grant me thy law graciously;" give it to me as a rule of moral conduct; but give it to me graciously through the gospel, and then it will not be the letter that killeth, but will be sanctified to me, so as to become to me holy, just, and Good.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:25-32

While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in…

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Psalms 119:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דֶּֽרֶךְ\־de.re.kho.She-a way ofH1870
שֶׁ֭קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267
הָסֵ֣רha.SerremoveH5493
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480
וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ve.to.ra.te.Khaand law yourH8451
חָנֵּֽנִי\׃cho.ne.nishow favor to meH2603

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:29

  • 1 John 2:4

    He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  • 1 John 1:8

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • Proverbs 30:8

    Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  • Hebrews 8:10-11

    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

  • Ephesians 4:22-25

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

  • Revelation 22:15

    For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

  • Psalms 141:3-4

    Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

  • Psalms 119:5

    O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

  • Psalms 119:163

    I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Remove.
37,104,128,163; 141:3,4; Pr 30:8; Isa 44:20; Jer 16:19; Jon 2:8
Eph 4:22-25; 1Jo 1:8; 2:4; Re 22:15
grant me.
5; Jer 31:33,34; Heb 8:10,11

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Context

  • Psalms 119:28

    My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

  • Psalms 119:29

    Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

  • Psalms 119:30

    I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

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Psalms 119:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aparta de mí camino de mentira; y hazme la gracia de tu ley.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éloigne de moi la voie du mensonge, et, dans ta grâce, donne-moi ta loi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wende von mir ab den Weg der Lüge und gewähre mir dein Gesetz!