Psalms 119:118
Thou have set at nothing all those who err from thy statutes, for their deceit is falsehood.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
In Context
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect for thy statutes continually.
119Thou put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Cross References
Psalms 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Psalms 95:10Forty years long I was grieved with [that] generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.
Psalms 119:21Thou have rebuked the proud, who are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but joy is to the counselors of peace.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Malachi 4:3And ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, says LORD of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:117-118
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Here, 1. David prays for sustaining grace; for this grace sufficient he besought the Lord twice: Uphold me; and again, Hold thou me up. He sees himself not only unable to go on in his duty by any strength of his own, but in danger of falling into sin unless he was prevented by divine grace; and therefore he is thus earnest for… Read the whole commentary →