Psalms 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. The proud have forged a lie - The poor captives in Babylon had their conduct and motives continually misrepresented, and themselves belied and calumniated.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 derisio...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ( Psalms 119...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ] He...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Teth. The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 24:13 ; Acts 24:5 ; James 1:8 ; Jeremiah 43:2 ; Jeremiah 43:3 ; Job 13:4 ; Matthew 26:59-68 ; Matthew 5:11 ; Matthew 5:12 ; Matthew 6:...

⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:69

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:69