King James Version
Psalms 119:69 in the King James Version says “The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.”
Psalms 119:69 · KJV
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“with my whole heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“against me but I will keep”
H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
“thy precepts”
H6490properly, appointed, i.e., a mandate (of god; plural only, collectively, for the law)
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