The proud have forged a lie against me
Or, "sewed a lie to him" F18; fastened a lie upon him, or sewed
and added one lie to another. Either with respect to politics, as
the proud and haughty courtiers of Saul, who represented David to
him as a traitor, that had treasonable designs against him to
take away his life, and seize his crown and kingdom, ( 1 Samuel
24:9 ) ; or with respect to religion; so some proud scornful
men, that derided him for his piety, and scoffed at his
seriousness, gave out that it was all grimace and hypocrisy;
raised calumnies upon him, and laid things to his charge he knew
nothing of; and which were all lies, forged out of their own
brains, and artfully and purposely put together to blacken his
character, and lessen his esteem among men: and it is no unusual
thing for wicked men to speak all manner of evil falsely against
the people of God;
[but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole
heart;
observe the commands of God sincerely, heartily, and
affectionately, and not in show and appearance only; and so make
it evident that it was a lie that was forged against him; and
this is the best way of answering such liars and defamers; see (
1 Peter
3:16 ) .