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Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.

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.
32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
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Notice

Choosing “the way of truth” takes concrete shape here: God’s ordinances are kept in view, giving that choice a standard beyond the speaker’s own judgment.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may …Both passages connect choosing a course of life with what has been set before a person.
John 3:19–21This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.The psalm declares a choice for truth; John describes people loving darkness rather than light because their works were evil.
Luke 10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”Both describe a choice already made: the speaker has chosen truth, and Mary has chosen the good part.
Psalm 119:29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!The prayer to be kept from deceit comes just before the declaration of choosing truth, linking resolve with dependence on God.
Proverbs 1:29because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.Both speak of choice in relation to God: choosing truth in the psalm contrasts with refusing the fear of the LORD.
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow,The link is broad: the psalm chooses truth, while Peter urges a longing for spiritual nourishment that leads to growth.
Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods …Both include a declared choice: the psalm’s speaker chooses truth, and Joshua declares that his household will serve the LORD.
Deuteronomy 11:18–20Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets …Keeping God’s ordinances before the speaker shares Deuteronomy’s concern that God’s words remain present in heart, soul, and sight.
Psalm 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETHGod’s instruction guides in both verses: his ordinances are set before the speaker, and his statutes serve as counselors.
Psalm 119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.Both express a settled commitment to God’s instruction, described as ordinances kept before the speaker and testimonies taken as a lasting heritage.
2 John 1:4I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.The psalm’s chosen way of truth and John’s children walking in truth both connect truth with obedience to God’s commands.
2 Samuel 22:23For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.Both describe God’s ordinances as being before the speaker, with Samuel’s passage adding that the speaker did not depart from God’s statutes.
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Encouragement

The speaker chooses truth while still asking God for strength in sorrow. Dependence on God and a firm resolve to follow his commands belong together.

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