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Psalms 119:118
118You despise all who wander from Your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Psalms 119:118 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
- New International Version (NIV)You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit is falsehood.
Context of Psalms 119:118
116Sustain me according to Your word, so I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117Support me and I will be saved, and study Your decrees continually. You despise all who wander from Your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain. 119All the wicked of the earth You remove like dross. Therefore I love Your testimonies. 120My flesh shudders for fear of You, and I am in awe of Your judgments.
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סָ֭לִיתָ כָּל־שׁוֹגִ֣ים מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ כִּי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:118
- Isaiah 25:10For the hand of Adonai will rest on this mountain. Moab will be trampled under Him, as straw is trampled in a manure pile.
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone— from the peoples, no man was with Me. I trod them in My anger, and trampled them in My wrath. Their lifeblood spattered My garments, so I stained all My robes.
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Revelation 14:20And the winepress was stomped on outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress as high as a horse’s bridle for 1,600 stadia.
- Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought You —let me not stray from Your mitzvot.
- Psalms 95:10For forty years I loathed that generation. So I said: ‘It is a people whose heart goes astray, who do not know My ways.’
- Psalms 119:29Turn me away from the deceitful way, and be gracious to me with Your Torah.
- Psalms 78:36But they flattered Him with their mouth and kept lying to Him with their tongue.
- Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
- Ephesians 4:22With respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old self corrupted by its deceitful desires,
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on the children of disobedience.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one is connected to the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
- 2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- 1 John 2:21I have not written you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
- Revelation 18:23And the light of a lamp shall never shine in you again! And the voice of the bridegroom and bride shall never be heard in you again! For your businessmen were the tycoons of the world, for all the nations were deceived by your sorcery!
Commentaries on Psalms 119:118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 118Thou hast trodden down - All thy enemies will be finally trodden down under thy feet. Their deceit is falsehood - Their elevation is a lie. The wicked often become rich and great, and affect to be happy, but it is all false; they have neither a clean nor approving conscience. Nor can they have thy approbation; and, consequently, no true blessedness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes - Compare the notes at Psalm 119:21. Rather, “Thou hast made light of,” or “thou despisest.” The Hebrew word means properly to suspend in a balance; to weigh. Then it means to lift up lightly or easily; and then, to make light of; to contemn; to regard anything as “light.” The Septuagint and Latin Vulgate render it, “Thou dost despise.” That is, God regards them as of no account; as a light…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 113-120Verses 113-120 Here is a dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we shall be, lest vain thoughts draw us from what we love. Would we make progress in keeping God's commands, we must be separate from evil-doers. The believer could not live without the grace of God; but, supported by his hand, his spiritual life shall be maintained. Our holy security is grounded on Divine supports. All…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 113-120Samekh (ס) is the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist declares his hatred of evil and his love for God and his ways.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 118-120118-120. But the disobedient and rebellious will be visited by God's wrath, which impresses the pious with wholesome fear and awe. their deceit is falsehood--that is, all their cunning deceit, wherewith they seek to entrap the godly, is in vain.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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