Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:69
Forged a lie; a slander, charging me with hypocrisy towards God, and rebellion against my prince. But I will keep thy precepts; my practice shall confute their calumnies.
Forged a lie; a slander, charging me with hypocrisy towards God, and rebellion against my prince. But I will keep thy precepts; my practice shall confute their calumnies.
Verse Psalms 119:69. _THE PROUD HAVE FORGED A LIE_] The poor captives in Babylon had their conduct and motives continually misrepresented, and themselves belied and calumniated....
THE PROUD - The psalmist had before referred to the “proud” as those from whom he had suffered injury, or as having been exposed to their derision. See the notes at Psalms 119:51. He here reverts to a...
Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. THE PROUD HAVE FORGED A LIE AGAINST ME (; , notes; ) - such an accusation as that laid by the Samaritan adv...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
HAVE FORGED. — Rather, _patched._ The verb occurs twice besides (Job 13:4; Job 14:17). Gesenius compares the Greek, δόλον ἐάπτειν_,_ and the Latin, _suere dolos._ Comp. also “You praise yourself by l...
טָפְל֬וּ עָלַ֣י שֶׁ֣קֶר זֵדִ֑ים אֲ֝נִ֗י בְּ כ
Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION Psalms 119:65 _ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the far-off interest of...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...
TETH. As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the same. None but the ever-blessed Jesus had such testimony...
69._The proud have weaved _(424) _lies against me _He declares that, notwithstanding the malignant interpretation which the wicked put upon all that he did, and their attempts, by this artifice, to tu...
Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...
THE PROUD HAVE FORGED A LIE AGAINST ME,.... Or, "sewed a lie to him" r; fastened a lie upon him, or sewed and added one lie to another. Either with respect to politics, as the proud and haughty courti...
The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart. Ver. 69. _The proud have forged a lie against me_] Heb. They have cunningly and finely aspersed me. _Mend...
_The proud have forged a lie against me_ A slander, charging me with hypocrisy toward God, and other sins. _But I will keep thy precepts_ My practice shall confute their calumnies. “Every disciple of...
_ Teth._ The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary....
The proud have forged a lie against me, smearing falsehoods all at once over him, making the true nature of things hazy by daubing them over with false colors or pasting on deceit; BUT I WILL KEEP THY...
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 again...
Psalms 119:69 proud H2086 forged H2950 (H8804) lie H8267 keep H5341 (H8799) precepts H6490 heart H3820...
Psalms 119:64. _The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have...
CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
_The proud have forged a lie against me._ THE SLANDERER, THE CORRUPT, THE PIOUS I. The tongue of the slanderer. Slander is-- 1. Malicious. Its inspiration is envy, jealousy, or revenge. 2. Mischie...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...
Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...
Acts 24:13; Acts 24:5; James 1:8; Jeremiah 43:2; Jeremiah 43:3;...