Psalm 119:69

Translations

Modern

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Traditional

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

Literal

The arrogant ones have smeared a lie over me; I, with all my heart, will guard Your precepts.

Latin

Multiplicata est super me iniquitas superborum; ego autem in toto corde meo scrutabor mandata tua.

Original

Hebrew

English

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Notes

Psalms 119:65–72

Teth (ט) is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

The psalmist admits his sin and gratefully accepts the Lord's discipline.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Related verses

Job 13:4
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Matthew 5:11–12
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Psalm 109:2–3
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalm 119:157
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Matthew 26:59–68
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
Acts 24:13
Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
Psalm 119:58
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Psalm 119:51
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
Acts 24:5
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
James 1:8
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Jeremiah 43:2–3
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

Glossary

Acrostic Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Biblical Concept of Law Music Poetry, Biblical Proverbs, Book of Psalms, Book of Word, Word of God, Words of God

Topics

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