Psalms 119:118
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
In Context
117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
119All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Cross References
Psalms 78:36But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Psalms 95:10For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
Isaiah 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?”
Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the 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 →