Psalms 119:118
You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
In Context
117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Cross References
Psalms 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Psalms 95:10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They are a people who err in their heart. They have not known my ways.”
Psalms 119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Malachi 4:3You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says the LORD of Armies.
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 →