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Psalm 119:29
Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
31I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed.
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Deceit appears as a path a person can take, and the prayer asks God for both protection from it and the gift of his law.
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Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,Both prayers ask God to remove falsehood and provide what the speaker needs: his law in the psalm, food in Proverbs.
Psalm 119:30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.The plea to be kept from deceit leads into a declared choice of truth, with God’s ordinances set before the speaker.
1 John 2:4One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.Both texts connect deceit with God’s commands; John names the lie of claiming to know God while disregarding those commands.
1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.The psalm asks for protection from deceit, and John identifies a form of self-deception: claiming to have no sin.
Hebrews 8:10–11“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write …The psalm asks God to grant his law; Hebrews records God’s promise to put his laws into minds and write them on hearts.
Psalm 119:37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.Both prayers ask God to turn the speaker away from a harmful direction and toward life shaped by his ways.
Ephesians 4:22–25that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,Both texts describe deceit as bound up with a way of life that must be left behind.
Revelation 22:15Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.The psalm seeks protection from deceit, while Revelation describes those who love and practice falsehood as outside.
Psalm 141:3–4Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.Both prayers ask God for restraint: protection from deceit in one, a watch over the mouth in the other.
Psalm 119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!Both verses express dependence on God concerning his law, asking for gracious provision or longing for steadfast obedience.
Jeremiah 16:19LORD, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers …Both texts turn to the LORD while rejecting lies, whether as a path to avoid or an inheritance without profit.
Jonah 2:8Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.The connection is limited: the psalm rejects deceit and seeks grace, while Jonah links regard for vain idols with forsaking mercy.
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You do not have to claim immunity to deceit to pray these words. The request for God’s law rests on his grace.
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