Psalms 119 · Verse 69

Psalms 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:69, King James Version

Psalms 119:69 in other translations

BSBThough the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
WEBThe proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
ASVThe proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
YLTForged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
DARBYThe proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.
BBEThe men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.
WebsterThe proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

What does Psalms 119:69 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:69-70
69-70. The crafty malice of the wicked, in slandering him, so far from turning him away, but binds him closer to God's Word, which they are too stupid in sin to appreciate. Hengstenberg refers the "lie" to such slanders against the Jews during the captivity, as that in Ezr 4:1-6, of sedition.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 69 The proud have forged a lie - The poor captives in Babylon had their conduct and motives continually misrepresented, and themselves belied and calumniated.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:65-72

However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us…

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Psalms 119:69 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.

טָפְל֬וּta.fe.Luthey have smearedH2950
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion meH5921
שֶׁ֣קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267
זֵדִ֑יםze.Dimarrogant [people]H2086
אֲ֝נִ֗י'a.NiIH589
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לֵ֤ב\׀lev[the] heartH3820
אֱצֹּ֬ר'e.TzorI observeH5341
פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ\׃pi.ku.Dei.chaprecepts yourH6490

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Cross references for Psalms 119:69

  • Matthew 5:11-12

    Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  • Job 13:4

    But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

  • Psalms 109:2-3

    For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

  • Psalms 119:157

    Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

  • Matthew 26:59-68

    Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? …

  • Psalms 119:51

    The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  • Psalms 119:58

    I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

  • James 1:8

    A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

  • Psalms 119:34

    Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

  • Acts 24:13

    Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

  • Psalms 35:11

    False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
proud.
35:11; 109:2,3; Job 13:4; Jer 43:2,3; Mt 5:11,12; 26:59-68
Ac 24:5,13
I will.
51,157
with my whole.
34,58; Mt 6:24; Jas 1:8

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Context

  • Psalms 119:68

    Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:69

    The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

  • Psalms 119:70

    Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

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Psalms 119:69 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Contra mí forjaron mentira los soberbios: mas yo guardaré de todo corazón tus mandamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les orgueilleux ont inventé contre moi des mensonges; j’observerai tes préceptes de tout mon cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Lügen haben die Übermütigen wider mich erdichtet; ich bewahre deine Vorschriften von ganzem Herzen.