Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Parallel translations
- WEB Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
- KJV Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
- NKJV Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously.
- NASB Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your Law.
- NLT Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions.
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks to be kept from the way of falsehood and to be graciously granted God's law. It matters because deliverance from deceit and the gift of God's truth come by grace.
Overview
The psalmist prays both to be turned from the path of lying and to receive God's law as a gracious gift. He recognizes that truthful living is something God must grant. This dual prayer reflects the gospel, where God turns sinners from deceit and graciously gives His truth in Christ, who is the way and the truth.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Jn 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- Prov 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- 1 Jn 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Ps 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Heb 8:10–11For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Eph 4:22–25to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Rev 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Ps 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
- Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Ps 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
- Ps 141:3–4Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
- Ps 119:104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
- Ps 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
- Isa 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Jer 31:33–34“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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